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PhotoPrism: the best Open Source alternative to Google Photos in 2026

PhotoPrism organizes your photo library with automatic AI tagging, maps and semantic search, always leaving the original files in your own file system.

License Source-available (non-OSI) ~37k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: Source-available (non-OSI)
Category: Storage
Replaces: Google Photos
Tech stack: GoTensorFlow

Preview

Public image provided by PhotoPrism on its own website.

Key features

Automatic AI photo tagging
Semantic and location-based search
Original files stay untouched

PhotoPrism vs. Google Photos

Pros

Never modifies or moves your original files

Things to consider

Source-available license, not pure OSI open source

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  photoprism:
    image: photoprism/photoprism:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "2342:2342"
    environment:
      - PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_PASSWORD=change-me
      - PHOTOPRISM_ORIGINALS_PATH=/photoprism/originals
    volumes:
      - photoprism_originals:/photoprism/originals
      - photoprism_storage:/photoprism/storage
volumes:
  photoprism_originals:
  photoprism_storage: