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.

Active Last commit · 3,294 commits in the past 12 months

At a glance

GitHub stars
40.5k
Forks
2.3k
Open issues & PRs
454
Last commit
2026-11-09
Latest release
261029-963b58c50
2026-10-29
Commits (12 mo)
3.3k
Releases (12 mo)
–
License
AGPL-3.0
Language / platform
Go, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 3,294 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API.

Run PhotoPrism yourself

  • RAM: ~4 GB server (2 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes
  • Storage: plan disk for your data (media/files grow fast); attach a volume or use object storage.
  • PhotoPrism recommends at least 3 GB RAM for indexing
  • machine-learning features (faces, search) need 2–4 GB RAM

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr4 GB$20Deploy →
DigitalOcean4 GB$24Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)4 GB$24Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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