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Cloud photo library with backup, search, and sharing features.
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Ente Photos
Ranking score 97.5/100
End-to-end encrypted photo backup with desktop and mobile apps.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, macos, windows, linux, ios, android, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 29,613
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Ente Photos Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity29613 GitHub stars 19 20% Feature coverage6 of 6 curated capability tags covered 20 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
PhotoPrism
Ranking score 94.8/100
Self-hosted photo library with search, tags, and face grouping.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 7, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 40,368
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for PhotoPrism Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity40368 GitHub stars 19.6 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Immich
Ranking score 90.9/100
Self-hosted photo and video library with mobile backup.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, ios, android, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 21, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 117,292
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Immich Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity117292 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage6 of 11 curated capability tags covered 10.9 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.