PhotoPrism
Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow. Browse, organize, and share your personal photo collection, using the latest technologies to automatically tag and find pictures.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1,893 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 261029-963b58c50 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Photos.
At a glance
PhotoPrism quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 40,377
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 261029-963b58c50, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to PhotoPrism
Full rankings: Google Photos alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "PhotoPrism® is an AI-powered, privacy-first app for browsing, organizing, and sharing photos and videos. It helps tag, search, and rediscover media without getting in your way, whether self-hosted or in the cloud."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PhotoPrism scores 98/100, #3 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 1,893 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (261029-963b58c50, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 40,377 stars add 18.4 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 1.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
1893 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
261029-963b58c50 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.4 / 20
40k 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
- 1893
- Last 90 days
- 3,585
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between Ente (#2) and LibrePhotos (#4) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | 261029-963b58c50 · yesterday |
| Stars | 40,377 |
| Open issues | 430 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | photoprism/photoprism ↗ |
PhotoPrism vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with PhotoPrism (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 (this tool) | 98 | 40k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| LibrePhotos | 96 | 8.1k | MIT | today |
| Lychee | 95 | 4.3k | MIT | yesterday |
| HomeGallery | 36 | 1.2k | MIT | 17 days ago |
PhotoPrism: common questions
What does PhotoPrism replace?
Repoly lists PhotoPrism as an open-source alternative to Google Photos. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where PhotoPrism stands against the others.
Is PhotoPrism still maintained?
PhotoPrism had 1,893 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 261029-963b58c50, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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