Self-Hosted Flickr Alternatives

Flickr is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Ente Photos, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Flickr and 19 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Flickr are PhotoPrism, Piwigo, LibrePhotos and Memories for Nextcloud.

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Flickr alternatives are mainly Photo Sharing Apps, but if you're looking for Photo Managers or Image Hosting Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source and Self-Hosted. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Flickr.
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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
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  2. 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.
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    • PhotoPrism is Freemium and Open SourceFlickr is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PhotoPrism is Privacy focusedFlickr is not according to our users
  4. 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
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  5. 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
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  9. 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
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  10. 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
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  11. Synology Photo Station icon

    Synology Photo Station

     6 likes

    Photo Station is an online photo album integrated with a blog for you to easily share photos, videos, and blog over the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. PhotoStructure icon

    PhotoStructure

     10 likes

    Your new home for all your photos & videos.

    114 PhotoStructure alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    PhotoStructure screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about PhotoStructure as an Alternative to Flickr
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    It’s not designed for public display of images it’s for managing them on the backend.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • PhotoStructure is Freemium and ProprietaryFlickr is also Freemium and Proprietary
  13. Lomorage icon

    Lomorage

     4 likes

    Lomorage is free private photo cloud solution that puts you in control of your photos and videos. Enjoy the moments from any device with your own server, with no strings attached. Your photos, your videos, your disks, your way.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Raspberry Pi
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  14. Ownphotos icon

    Ownphotos

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    Self hosted Google Photos clone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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