{"slug": "photoprism", "name": "PhotoPrism", "category": "selfhosted", "category_name": "Self-hosted and home server", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 7, "warners": 1, "score": 2.279, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-12-06", "latest": "2026-09-17", "why": "photos require much more processing and focus on performance", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 2, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "photos require much more processing and focus on performance", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "photoprism.app", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.photoprism.app/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["PhotoPrism", "Photoprism"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 740061089, "item_id": 46253818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253818", "by": "arendtio", "date": "2025-12-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "photos require much more processing and focus on performance", "excerpt": "I use Nextcloud for files/contacts/calendar/etc. as well, but for photos I use PhotopPrism [1]. The reason is simple: photos require much more processing and focus on performance. In addition, photos take up much more space, so while my Nextcloud instance runs on an SSD, the photos reside on an HDD, mostly in sleep mode. [1] https://www.photoprism.app", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted photo management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"}, {"id": 738753824, "item_id": 46172114, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172114", "by": "4ndrewl", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This was why I was driven to use Photoprism.", "excerpt": "This was why I was driven to use Photoprism. I use syncthing-fork to upload from phones, and a custom made thing to copy them to folders (this also works with Cameras that aren't phones). https://www.photoprism.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted photo library", "switched_from": "", "story": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 738761745, "item_id": 46172609, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172609", "by": "andrejserafim", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I've switched from photoprism to immich.", "excerpt": "I've switched from photoprism to immich. Immich is a much more active project, bugs are fixed, face recognition is an order of magnitude better, just an overall more solid experience. If you are choosing, I wouldn't doubt for a second to go with immich.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["self-hosted photo library", "photo management", "photo archive", "self-hosted photo management"], "compared": [{"slug": "immich", "name": "Immich", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46095087", "title": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746527", "title": "Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538375", "title": "Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storage", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750669", "title": "Android now stops you sharing your location in photos", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114", "title": "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"compare": 2}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 795945425, "item_id": 49746589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746589", "by": "osr00", "date": "2026-09-17", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "I really like Photoprism but Immich has such a better app experience imo", "excerpt": "Many of the apps I ended up not using was either because the projects were abandoned or because the web/app UX is just too bad or ugly. For instance I really like Photoprism but Immich has such a better app experience imo. I recently discovered Arpeggi (client for my Navidrome server) and I have such a good time using it", "context": "", "use_case": "photo management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?"}, {"id": 792729441, "item_id": 49545590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545590", "by": "hakcermani", "date": "2026-09-03", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "Tried Photoprism too which would have also fit my need well", "excerpt": "Had gazillion copies of folders and iphoto libraries in various backups, but since i moved to linux as daily driver was on the hunt for a good photo archiver. Just recently started using Immich. Tried Photoprism too which would have also fit my need well, but somehow Immich won the coin toss ! (After many years was able to pull that one pic my wife was after from my archive !). My all those duplicates have been now b", "context": "", "use_case": "photo archive", "switched_from": "", "story": "Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storage"}, {"id": 764030417, "item_id": 47751901, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751901", "by": "srcoder", "date": "2026-04-13", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I do use location for my local Photoprism on my own server", "excerpt": "Already use imagepipe [0] since forever, sometimes it takes soms extra time, still worth the effort. Most of the time I take a picture share with imagepipe, share with external and don't share anything else I will never share my location via images with anybody then myself. I do use location for my local Photoprism on my own server 0 https://codeberg.org/Starfish/Imagepipe#how-to-get-the-app", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android now stops you sharing your location in photos"}, {"id": 740061089, "item_id": 46253818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253818", "by": "arendtio", "date": "2025-12-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "photos require much more processing and focus on performance", "excerpt": "I use Nextcloud for files/contacts/calendar/etc. as well, but for photos I use PhotopPrism [1]. The reason is simple: photos require much more processing and focus on performance. In addition, photos take up much more space, so while my Nextcloud instance runs on an SSD, the photos reside on an HDD, mostly in sleep mode. [1] https://www.photoprism.app", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted photo management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"}, {"id": 738761745, "item_id": 46172609, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172609", "by": "andrejserafim", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I've switched from photoprism to immich.", "excerpt": "I've switched from photoprism to immich. Immich is a much more active project, bugs are fixed, face recognition is an order of magnitude better, just an overall more solid experience. If you are choosing, I wouldn't doubt for a second to go with immich.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"}, {"id": 738753824, "item_id": 46172114, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172114", "by": "4ndrewl", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This was why I was driven to use Photoprism.", "excerpt": "This was why I was driven to use Photoprism. I use syncthing-fork to upload from phones, and a custom made thing to copy them to folders (this also works with Cameras that aren't phones). https://www.photoprism.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted photo library", "switched_from": "", "story": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"}, {"id": 738748080, "item_id": 46171755, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46171755", "by": "vekerdyb", "date": "2025-12-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Surprised that neither the article, nor the comments mention Photoprism from what I can see. It\u2019s not I\u2019ve been hosting Photoprism and syncing my photos with PhotoSync from my iPhone for a while now. I would consider switching to another solution if it had in-browser basic editing (cropping, contrast / white balance adjustment, etc). https://www.photoprism.app/", "context": "", "use_case": "Self-hosted photo library", "switched_from": "", "story": "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"}]}