Nextcloud Photos by nextcloud
Your memories under your control
About Nextcloud Photos
From the project's README at github.com/nextcloud/photos. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Beautiful Photo and Video Timeline ⭐ Favorites and Tagging: Favorite and tag your photos! Slideshow and easy sharing: Show slideshows and share your photos or albums easily Albums: Create albums from your contents Installation
In your Nextcloud, simply enable the Photos app through the Apps management. The Nextcloud Photos app is included in Nextcloud 18 and higher.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 700 | github.com/nextcloud/photos |
| GitHub forks | 84 | github.com/nextcloud/photos |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 111 | photos |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 6.5 years | since Nov 2019 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
CVE-2024-37314. What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Nextcloud Photos?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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