# PhotoPrism privacy rating

Self-hosted photo management app with a web interface that indexes a photo library and adds automatic tagging, face recognition, maps and search. A free Community Edition is available, with paid memberships adding extra features.

## Summary

PhotoPrism scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the photo management criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets open source and no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

- Website: https://www.photoprism.app
- Source code: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism
- Jurisdiction: Germany. Fourteen Eyes member. EU member (GDPR).
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Photo management](https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/)
- Grade: D (50/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Partial | The Community Edition is AGPL-3.0, but features in the paid editions are unpublished and under a separate commercial license. | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/blob/develop/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | No third-party trackers, but the website and backend services record requests with self-hosted Plausible Analytics. | https://www.photoprism.app/privacy/ |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid memberships, with no ads. The privacy policy states data is never sold. | https://www.photoprism.app/editions/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/photo-management/photoprism/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/photo-management/photoprism.md