Open Source Flickr AlternativesTop Photo Sharing Apps & Photo Managers like Flickr

The best open source alternative to Flickr is Ente Photos. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Flickr and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Flickr are PixelUnion, PhotoPrism, Piwigo and Stingle Photos.

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  1. Ente Photos icon

    Ente Photos

     152 likes

    Open-source, end-to-end encrypted backup and sharing for photos and videos, multi-platform sync, original quality preservation, privacy-first design, collaborative albums, family sharing, secure external sharing, robust data replication, and device imports.

    130 Ente Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    Ente Photos screenshot 1
     
  2. PixelUnion icon

    PixelUnion

     31 likes

    PixelUnion is a privacy-focused, EU-based photo storage service alternative to Google Photos. It offers lossless uploads, free 16 GB starter storage, AI-powered face recognition, and more.

    30 PixelUnion alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    PixelUnion screenshot 1
     
  4. PhotoPrism icon

    PhotoPrism

     116 likes

    PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.

    122 PhotoPrism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    Whether you're using a phone, tablet, or desktop computer, our intuitive PWA provides a native app-like experience.
     
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    Comments about PhotoPrism as an Alternative to Flickr
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    Its a really great "just manaing my own stuff" but the lack of public albums where non-registered users can view read only is a dealbreaker - if they fixed this it would be a great alternative to flickr and smugmug

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    PhotoPrism icon
    PhotoPrism icon
    • PhotoPrism is Freemium and Open SourceFlickr is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PhotoPrism is Privacy focusedFlickr is not according to our users
  5. Piwigo icon

    Piwigo

     71 likes

    Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.

    129 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Piwigo screenshot 1
     
  6. Stingle Photos icon

    Stingle Photos

     27 likes

    Stingle Photos is a secure photo/video encryption and backup application that provides strong security, privacy, encryption and safely saves your media on cloud storage keeping you safe from data breaches and leaks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Backup and sync photos and videos with secure end-to-end encryption
     
  7. LibrePhotos icon

    LibrePhotos

     20 likes

    Unlike commercial service that store your photos in the cloud and scan/index them to train their machine learning models and collect ad targeting data on you, LibrePhotos keeps all your photos and metadata on your local machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    LibrePhotos screenshot 1
     
  11. Photobox icon

    Photobox

     5 likes

    Photo library and interactive editor built with Next.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Photobox screenshot 1
     
  12. ShotsShare icon

    ShotsShare

     7 likes

    ShotShare is an open source, self hosted, bare bones image posting/sharing platform, it was built to allow friends to upload screenshots and send links to their friends without the constant barrage of ads/extraneous features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    ShotsShare screenshot 1
     
  13. Recall Photos icon

    Recall Photos

     9 likes

    Recall is an open-source and decentralized alternative to Google Photos built on top of Blockstack. Photos are stored encrypted with the user's private key and therefore not accessible to anyone else.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Blockstack
    Recall Photos screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about Recall Photos as an Alternative to Flickr
    Guest
    Negative
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    Flickr is designed for photo sharing, Recall Photos is designed for private storage. Fundamentally different.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Recall Photos icon
    • Recall Photos is Free and Open SourceFlickr is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. Vernissage icon

    Vernissage

     2 likes

    Vernissage is an application that enables users to share their photographs with others.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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