Memories (Nextcloud) at a glance
Checked 16 Oct 2026Memories (3.9k stars, v10.1.0 Oct 2026) is a Nextcloud app that turns your Nextcloud photos into a Google Photos-style timeline with a rewind scrubber, albums, external sharing, a map with reverse geocoding, bulk metadata editing, video transcoding and Google Takeout migration. People and object grouping come from the separate Recognize or Face Recognition apps. AGPL-3.0. It needs a Nextcloud server; phone backup uses the official Nextcloud apps, and a Memories Android app is in early access.
Cite this page
RepoQuarry. “Memories (Nextcloud).” Checked 16 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/nextcloud-memoriesHow much of Google Photos does it replace?
4 of 4 jobs. Needs a Nextcloud server; face and object search need the Recognize or Face Recognition app; backup via Nextcloud mobile apps.
Partial: Automatic phone photo and video backup Partial replacement
Partial: Search photos by faces Partial replacement
Partial: Shared albums and links Partial replacement
Partial: Timeline and map browsing Partial replacement
Facts, with sources
Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.
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Runs on my machine? Confirmed: Self-hosted as an app inside your Nextcloud server
Install the app from the Nextcloud app store.github.com · memories#-installation ↗ today
Model weights licence Confirmed: No bundled model weights; AI tagging is delegated to the separate Recognize or Face Recognition apps
Group photos by people and objects, powered by recognize and facerecognition.github.com · memories#-features ↗ today
Commercial use Partial: Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; check licences of the AI tagging apps you add github.com · COPYING ↗ today
Paid services needed? Confirmed: None; needs a (free) Nextcloud server
Install the app from the Nextcloud app store.github.com · memories#-installation ↗ today
Operating systems Partial: Wherever Nextcloud runs (Linux); web app on any device, Android app in early access, Nextcloud apps for upload
For automatic uploads, you can use the official Nextcloud mobile apps.github.com · memories#-mobile-apps ↗ today
Setup effort Confirmed: Easy if you already run Nextcloud; install from the app store, configure, then run the indexer
Run `php occ memories:index` to generate metadata indices for existing photos.github.com · memories#-installation ↗ today