OpenPhotos
The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenPhotos, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from OpenPhotos's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Album organization
- Albums support parent-child hierarchy and subtree-aware organization and browsing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Demo
- The maker provides a live demo at demo.openphotos.ca.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment choices
- Documentation lists Docker, native installers, bundled packages, and a local evaluation path as installation options.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Discovery
- Search features include semantic search, object detection, face grouping, and text search.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Encryption coverage
- Client-side encryption covers locked originals and thumbnails, and the PIN is never sent to the server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Users can run OpenPhotos on their own server, with no cloud lock-in.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker says OpenPhotos is designed for non-technical users as well as people who want control over where their photos live.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Locked albums
- Locked media is encrypted on the client before upload, and the PIN stays on the device.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Locked media security
- Locked media is encrypted on the client before upload, and the server stores ciphertext while PIN-based unlocking stays on the device.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile uploads
- Native iOS and Android apps upload photos, videos, and Live Photos to the user's server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- OpenPhotos is an open-source, self-hosted photo library with locked albums protected by end-to-end encryption and nested albums.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Resumable uploads
- TUS upload support is provided for syncing over weak or interrupted networks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Setup
- Installer-driven setup is available for end users, and Docker is not required for that setup path.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Smart albums
- Saved filters create albums that update automatically as matching photos are indexed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation links users to GitHub Issues and a support page.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The documentation describes itself as intended for self-hosters and daily users, and the home page says it is designed for people who want control over where their photos live.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- macOS build
- The macOS download page describes an Apple Silicon build with Core ML support and an option to bundle models.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Mobile platforms
- The download page directs iOS users to the App Store and Android users to an APK from GitHub releases.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Server platforms
- The download page lists server installation options for Windows 64-bit, Apple Silicon macOS, and Ubuntu or Debian-based Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
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