Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternatives (2026)
Ranked by how painless they are to run yourself — from one-click deploys and single docker run commands up to multi-service stacks. Lower difficulty first.
Directory-first photo gallery optimised for low-resource Raspberry Pi servers
Lightweight Immich-powered photo slideshow for kiosk displays and browsers
High-performance self-hosted photo and video backup, a Google Photos alternative
AI-powered personal photo management with TensorFlow tagging and browsing
End-to-end encrypted self-hosted photo backup with native mobile apps
On-demand smart image cropping, resizing, and optimization service
Self-hosted Google Photos alternative with AI tagging and usage graphs
Simple directory-first photo gallery for personal servers with EXIF and RAW support
Grid and album-based self-hosted photo management system
Fast server-side photo manager with face recognition and powerful EXIF search
Community-driven PHP photo gallery software with extensive plugin ecosystem
Fast modern photo management suite running as a Nextcloud app