umbrelOS
Home Server
2.0.0
umbrelOS is Umbrel's operating system for personal home servers, and you can install it yourself on hardware you already own: most 64-bit Intel or AMD…1mo agoNo DockerModerate
Self-hosted alternatives to iCloud Photos
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Also in Photo Management
Not listed as iCloud Photos alternatives, but they cover the same ground and are worth a look.
homepageSelf-hosted family photo cloud with AI search. Stores original-quality media on your hardware; mobile apps connect over home network. Server free (MIT), phone apps $1.99.
immich-go-desktopSelf-hosted web wizard that generates immich-go commands for photo imports from folders, Google Takeout, iCloud, or other Immich servers — no terminal skills needed.
EnteSelf-hosted, open-source Ente is an end-to-end encrypted cloud for photos, 2FA codes and documents, with on-device face detection and natural-language search.
PhotoviewPhotoview is a self-hosted, open-source photo gallery organizing photos from your filesystem with RAW support, EXIF metadata, face recognition, and multi-user sharing.
docker-immichA single-container Docker image bundling Immich server, machine learning, and dependencies for self-hosted photo and video backup with hardware acceleration support.
PhotoMigratorPhotoMigrator is a self-hosted, open-source tool for migrating photos between cloud services and processing Takeout archives. Offers web, desktop, terminal, CLI.
About these iCloud Photos alternatives
2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to iCloud Photos are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- umbrelOS (12 473 GitHub stars, Other license, written in Typescript), followed by Lynavo Drive
- Recently updated
- Lynavo Drive v1.0.2 on 2026-10-21
iCloud Photos alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| umbrelOS | Other | Typescript | 12 473 | — | Moderate | 2.0.0 | 73 |
| Lynavo Drive | AGPL-3.0 | Typescript | 531 | — | Advanced | v1.0.2 | 47 |