# PhotoPrism

> PhotoPrism (40k stars, release 261007 Oct 2026) indexes your photo and video folders and adds automatic labels, face recognition, powerful search filters, places, Live Photos and RAW support, in an installable web app (PWA). The Community Edition is AGPL-3.0 and free; paid Essentials and Plus memberships add features such as interactive world maps and a web UI for user accounts (the free edition manages users from the command line). There is no native mobile backup app; it suggests third-party apps like PhotoSync or WebDAV. Needs 2 cores and 3 GB RAM via Docker.

- Repository: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism
- Official docs: https://docs.photoprism.app/
- Checked: 2026-10-16

## What it replaces
- Google Photos: Search photos by faces, Shared albums and links, Timeline and map browsing (partial). Strong search, faces and browsing; phone backup needs a third-party app and some map features need a membership.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Self-hosted with Docker Compose or Linux packages; also offered managed via PikaPods and DigitalOcean | https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/ | 2026-10-16 |
| Code licence | Partial | AGPL-3.0 (Community Edition); Plus and Pro editions use other licences | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/blob/develop/LICENSE | 2026-10-16 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | The bundled-model NOTICE records MIT for YuNet/legacy FaceNet, Apache-2.0 for SFace/EfficientFormerV2 and BSD-2-Clause for legacy NSFW detection; upstream notices and model-specific terms must be retained | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism/blob/develop/assets/models/NOTICE | 2026-10-16 |
| Commercial use | Partial | Community Edition under AGPL-3.0; the project sells commercial licences for teams | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism#readme | 2026-10-16 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | None required; membership adds features such as interactive world maps and a web UI for user management | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism#readme | 2026-10-16 |
| Hardware | Confirmed | At least 2 cores, 3 GB RAM, 64-bit OS and 4 GB swap; SSD recommended for large libraries | https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/ | 2026-10-16 |
| Operating systems | Confirmed | Any OS with Docker (Mac, Linux, Windows), plus FreeBSD, Raspberry Pi and many NAS devices | https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/ | 2026-10-16 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Medium; Docker Compose, multi-arch images for AMD, Intel and ARM | https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism#readme | 2026-10-16 |

GitHub: 40303 stars, 2333 forks, last push 2026-10-16, archived: no.
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