LibrePhotos
Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs (alternative to Google Photos).
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Still maintained? Yes: 563 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.5.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Photos.
At a glance
LibrePhotos quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,121
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.5.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to LibrePhotos
Full rankings: Google Photos alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Sample photos from Pexels, see the credits ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LibrePhotos scores 96/100, #4 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 563 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.5.0, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,121 stars add 15.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
563 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.5.0 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.6 / 20
8.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 563
- Last 90 days
- 1,215
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between PhotoPrism (#3) and Thumbor (#5) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | 1.5.0 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 8,121 |
| Open issues | 23 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | LibrePhotos/librephotos ↗ |
LibrePhotos vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with LibrePhotos (Photo Galleries), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 100 | 118k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Ente | 98 | 30k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| PhotoPrism | 98 | 40k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LibrePhotos (this tool) | 96 | 8.1k | MIT | today |
| Lychee | 95 | 4.3k | MIT | yesterday |
| Piwigo | 61 | 3.9k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
LibrePhotos: common questions
What does LibrePhotos replace?
Repoly lists LibrePhotos as an open-source alternative to Google Photos. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where LibrePhotos stands against the others.
Is LibrePhotos still maintained?
LibrePhotos had 563 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 1.5.0, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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