| Feature | LibrePhotos | Photoview | PhotoPrism | Immich | Photonix | Damselfly | Synology Photos | Lomorage | Piwigo | Photos tructure | PiGallery2 | Lychee | Google Photos | digiKam |
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| Photo | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Video | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Raw Photos | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| HEIC Photos | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Live Photos | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| x265 videos | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Timeline View | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Search by horizontal scrolling | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |
| Does not touch folder structure | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Album management | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Places Albums | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Search photos on map | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Auto albums | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Face recognition / Face classification | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️* | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Face clustering | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Reverse geocoding | ✔️ | 🚧 | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Scene detection | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Attributes detection | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Category detection | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Object detection | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Semantic image search | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Search by metadata | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Editing by metadata | 🚧 | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Syncing metadata to file | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Multiuser support | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚧 | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Share between users | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Share as unique link | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Share as public page | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Upload images and videos | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | 🚧 | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Delete images and videos | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Website | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| iOS App | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Android App | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Dark mode | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Auto backup from app | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Multi language support | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Support for older CPUs | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ |
| Size |  | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ |
| Size of thumbnails | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Resources | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ |
| Benchmark / Performance | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Languages | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Deployment | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | SaaS | ❔ |
| XMP Support | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Reading / Writing face data from metadata | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Read only mode | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |
| Creates own copy of file | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Smart tagging | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Smart archive/deletion | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |
| PWA | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Github Stars/Forks |  | ❔ |  |  | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ |
| s3 support | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |
| Sells your data | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| License |
MIT | ❔ | ❔ | MIT | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | Google EULA | ❔ |
| Docker downloads |  | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | N/A | ❔ |
| Share albums user/link | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Sharing only for a certain time | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Download Photos | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| dlna | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |
| ldap | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ |