Open-source photo management
8 photo management whose code is public under an OSI-approved license, rated for privacy with evidence. Picks first, then by score.
Aves Grade B
Gallery and metadata explorer for Android that handles images, videos and formats such as multi-page TIFF, SVG, motion photos and panoramas, with albums, tags, maps and search.
BSD-3-Clause. Source code
digiKam Grade B
Desktop photo management app from the KDE community for importing, organizing, tagging, searching and editing large photo libraries, including RAW files, face recognition and metadata editing.
GPL-2.0 or later. Source code
Fossify Gallery Grade B
Offline photo and video gallery for Android with albums, a basic photo editor, EXIF metadata removal and hidden folders. It does not request internet access.
GPL-3.0. Source code
LibrePhotos Grade B
Self-hosted photo and video management server with a web interface, timeline view, multiple users, face recognition, object and scene detection, semantic search and automatically generated event albums.
MIT. Source code
Lychee Grade B
Self-hosted photo management and sharing app with a web interface for uploading, organizing and sharing albums. An optional paid Supporter Edition adds extra features such as watermarking and statistics.
MIT. Source code
Ente Photos Grade C
End-to-end encrypted photo and video backup and sharing, with apps for mobile, desktop and web. The server is open source and can be self-hosted.
AGPL-3.0. Source code
Immich Grade C
Self-hosted photo and video backup and management server, with automatic mobile upload, timeline view, albums, search and facial recognition.
AGPL-3.0. Source code
Piwigo Grade C
Photo gallery software for publishing and managing large photo collections on the web, with albums, tags, user permissions, plugins and mobile apps. It can be self-hosted or used as a paid hosted service from its developers.
GPL-2.0. Source code
Compare all 12 photo management, open source or not.