LibrePhotos Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LibrePhotos hosting and keep your photo library on a server you control. xCloud runs the pinned LibrePhotos 1.3.0 image with a private PostgreSQL 18 database, generates the admin password, mounts persistent volumes for originals, thumbnails and the database, and publishes the library over HTTPS in minutes — face recognition, search and maps run on your server, not a third-party photo cloud.

Deploy your LibrePhotos

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What is LibrePhotos?

LibrePhotos is a self-hosted photo library. It offers face recognition, scene and object tagging, semantic search, a map view of geotagged photos, albums, sharing and video playback, so you can organise a library without handing it to a third-party photo cloud.

This template runs LibrePhotos 1.3.0 with a private PostgreSQL 18 database. Background workers and the face, caption and scene services run inside the same app container, and registration is closed so only the administrator and the people they add can sign in.

From Sign-Up to a Live Photo Library In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted LibrePhotos normally means an app container, a database, generated credentials, several volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first upload. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick LibrePhotos from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the administrator email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official LibrePhotos unified image and a private PostgreSQL 18 database, both pinned by immutable digest, mount the librephotos_data, librephotos_media, librephotos_db, librephotos_logs and librephotos_cache volumes, generate the admin password, and publish the app over HTTPS on your domain. The app port is bound to loopback only.
Step 03
Set Up Your Library
Allow about 3 to 5 minutes for the first start, then open your HTTPS LibrePhotos URL and sign in as admin with the generated password. Open Settings → Set Up Library and save /data as the scan directory — without it uploads and scans fail — then upload photos and run a scan.

Everything LibrePhotos Does, On Your Own Server

LibrePhotos runs in full here: a private photo library on your own domain, backed by a database and volumes you own.

Face Recognition And Search
Face recognition, scene and object tagging, and semantic search (OpenCLIP in 1.3.0) across your library.
Maps, Albums And Sharing
A map view of geotagged photos, plus albums, sharing and video playback.
Upload And Scan
Upload through the web interface or the mobile app, then scan to index.
Closed Registration
Registration is closed; the administrator is created at install and other people are added from the admin area.
Private PostgreSQL Included
PostgreSQL 18 sits on the private Compose network with no host port. The face, caption and scene services run inside the app container.
Photos Persist
Originals, thumbnails, database and logs live on persistent volumes; after a restart the uploaded photos and thumbnails were still served.

Everything You Need To Run Your Photo Library 24/7

Managed hosting for LibrePhotos, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

LibrePhotos 1.3.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Generated admin password
Private PostgreSQL kept off the internet
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LibrePhotos

Keep family photos private
Store personal photos and videos on your own server instead of a third-party photo service.
Find people and things
Search by faces, scenes and objects, or by meaning, rather than by file name.
Browse by place
Use the map view to explore geotagged photos.
Share with the household
Add people from the admin area, then use albums and sharing for the photos you want them to see.

LibrePhotos vs Alternatives

Google Photos: A hosted photo service run by its vendor. LibrePhotos keeps photos, faces and search indexes on your own xCloud server.
Immich: Another self-hosted photo and video library with phone backup and facial recognition. Also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.
PhotoPrism: A private, AI-powered photo and video library. Also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for LibrePhotos hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Cloud VPS 24 GB

More room for larger libraries or other apps on the same server.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. LibrePhotos itself is licensed under MIT (models downloaded at runtime carry their own licences).

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Ready To Run Your Own Photo Library?

LibrePhotos on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I sign in?

Use the admin username and the generated Admin Password from the installation credentials.

Why do uploads fail right after install?

LibrePhotos needs a scan directory. On first sign-in open Settings → Set Up Library and save /data.

What runs alongside the app?

A private PostgreSQL database; everything else, including the face, caption and scene services, runs inside the app container.

Can other people register themselves?

No. Registration is closed; add people from the admin area. Unauthenticated API calls return 401.

How do I change the admin password or email?

They are re-applied from the Environment editor on every start, so change them there rather than inside the app.

Does LibrePhotos contact outside services?

The map view and place names contact third-party tile and geocoding services by default; place names can be turned off with FEATURE_REVERSE_GEOCODING=false. The first scan also downloads the face recognition model, so the server needs outbound internet access.

What should I back up?

librephotos_data, librephotos_media, librephotos_db and librephotos_logs together, from one consistent snapshot or while the app is stopped. librephotos_cache can be rebuilt.

Backups in xCloud

What happens if I change SECRET_KEY?

SECRET_KEY signs login tokens, so changing it signs everyone out. DB_PASS is read by PostgreSQL only when its volume is first created.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update LibrePhotos?

No. The template pins LibrePhotos 1.3.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 16 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 2 CPU cores, 4096 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk, following upstream guidance for the first scan, when the face, caption and scene models are loaded. Measured idle use in QA was about 0.7 GB (about 0.9 GB after a small scan); large libraries were not tested. This page sells the 16 GB tier for comfortable headroom.

Is xCloud officially partnered with LibrePhotos?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the LibrePhotos project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source LibrePhotos project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.