Memories – FOSS Google Photos alternative built for high performance
Memories is a FOSS Google Photos alternative that you can self-host (it runs as a Nextcloud plugin). Website: https://memories.gallery/ GitHub: https://github.com/pulsejet/memories Demo Server: https://demo.memories.gallery/apps/memories/ (demo runs in San Francisco on a free-tier cloud vm) Memories has been built ground-up for high performance and is extremely fast when configured correctly. In our testing environment, it can load a timeline view with 100k photos in under 500ms, including query and rendering time! Some features to…
Memories – FOSS Google Photos alternative built for high performance launched on March 21, 2024 with 797 votes, #8 of 4,270 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Memories is a free, open-source photo management application that runs as a Nextcloud plugin for self-hosting. It functions as an alternative to Google Photos, offering a timeline view for browsing photos, local AI-based tagging for people and objects, album organization, metadata editing, and a world map feature. Built for performance, it can load large photo collections quickly. Memories is designed for users who want to manage their photo libraries on their own servers.
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From the sources
Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Free and open source Nextcloud app.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Memories is a FOSS Google Photos alternative that you can self-host (it runs as a Nextcloud plugin). Website: https://memories.gallery/ GitHub: https://github.com/pulsejet/memories Demo Server: https://demo.memories.gallery/apps/memories/ (demo runs in San…
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