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Self-hosted photo and video backup with on-device-style mobile auto-upload.
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Activity score (0-100) — weighted from the 4 sub-scores below. Calculated automatically from the GitHub API, refreshed weekly.
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Community
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Development
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Maintenance
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Risk
108,210 GitHub stars
Last commit: 1 days ago
Last release: 5 days ago
Open issues: 761
License: AGPL-3.0
Hardware
RAM minimum4096 MB
RAM recommended8192 MB
CPU idle0.3 cores
CPU recommended4+ cores (ML on)
ARM supportFull
Access & auth
Needs reverse proxy✓ Yes
OIDC support✓ Yes
LDAP support✗ No
Multi-user✓ Yes
Mobile appBoth
Operations
MaturityBeta
Maintenance burdenMedium
Setup difficultyMedium
Backup methodManual DB dump + library folder backup
Leaving the cloud
Migration difficultyMedium
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Our notes
The closest real Google Photos replacement today. ML features (face/object search) need real RAM — budget 8GB if you want them on. Still labelled beta upstream; back up before every major update.