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PhotoPrismvsPhotoShow

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

PhotoPrismPhotoShow
Score76/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 142 in Media Management#14 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars40 373506
Stars, last 30 days+140—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release261007-65faaae5d · 7 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0-or-later
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

PhotoPrism scores 76/100 against 46/100 for PhotoShow, so it is the safer default.

PhotoPrism ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PhotoShow.

PhotoPrism is growing faster right now (+140 stars in 30 days).

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