What's the best self-hosted photo storage?

Our top pick is Immich: Modern Google Photos clone. Best UX, AI face/object recognition.

Is self-hosted photo storage hard to deploy?

Most picks ship as Docker containers and deploy on any VPS in under 30 minutes. Specific options vary in complexity — see each pick's notes.

Self-host · own your data

Replace Google Photos / Apple Photos. Face recognition, location tagging, mobile auto-upload — all on your hardware.

Best UX in 2026AGPL-3.0

Modern Google Photos clone. Best UX, AI face/object recognition.

Most matureAGPL-3.0

Mature photo library with AI classification.

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