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 and search run on your server, registration is closed, and maps use outside services by default.

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What is LibrePhotos?

LibrePhotos is a self-hosted, open-source photo management service with automatic face recognition, object detection and semantic search, powered by machine learning. It adds maps, albums, sharing and video playback, with a web client and a mobile app. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted LibrePhotos, an alternative to a hosted photo service such as Google Photos or iCloud Photos, with the code under the MIT licence.

On xCloud it is LibrePhotos 1.3.0 as a unified image with PostgreSQL 18, both pinned by digest, in five persistent volumes. Registration is closed and the admin account is seeded from your email and a generated password. The machine-learning models run on the server, so the template starts at 4096 MB. The first scan needs outbound internet to download the face model, and maps contact third-party tile and geocoding services by default.

From Sign-Up to a Live LibrePhotos 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 a domain and target server, then enter the administrator email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start LibrePhotos 1.3.0 and PostgreSQL 18, both pinned by digest, generate the admin password and secret key, mount five volumes and publish it over HTTPS. The first start takes about 3 to 5 minutes.
Step 03
Set Up The Library And Scan
Sign in as admin. Open Settings, Set Up Library and save /data as the scan directory, then upload photos and run a scan. The first scan downloads the face model, so the server needs outbound internet.

Everything LibrePhotos Does, On Your Own Server

LibrePhotos 1.3.0 runs here with face recognition, search and maps, on volumes you own.

Face Recognition
Automatic face recognition groups the people in your photos, using models that run on your own server.
Search By What Is In The Photo
Object detection and semantic search let you find photos by what they show.
Maps, Albums And Sharing
Browse photos on a map, organise albums, share and play videos. Maps contact third-party services by default.
Registration Is Closed
Nobody can create an account on their own. The admin adds people from the admin area.
Models Need Memory
Face, caption and scene models use several gigabytes of memory while a scan runs, which is why the template starts at 4 GB.
Five Volumes
Originals, thumbnails and models, the database, logs and a rebuildable model cache sit on separate volumes.

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
Images pinned by digest
Admin password and secret key generated
Free SSL certificate
Photos and database on persistent volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LibrePhotos

Keep photos off a third-party cloud
Store originals on a server you control with face recognition running there too.
Find photos by person or content
Search for people, places and objects across your library.
Share albums with family
Add family members from the admin area and share albums with them.
Back up phone photos
Upload through the web interface or the mobile app, then scan the library.

LibrePhotos vs Alternatives

Google Photos: A hosted photo service; LibrePhotos is the open-source, self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and to iCloud Photos, with face recognition on your own server.
Immich: A self-hosted photo and video library with phone backup, available as its own OneClick app.
PhotoPrism: A private, AI-powered photo library, available as its own OneClick app.
Ente: An end-to-end encrypted photo storage service, available as its own OneClick app.

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

Headroom for large libraries and busy scans.

$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 is MIT licensed; downloaded models 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 your data. 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.

Can I run LibrePhotos in Docker?

Yes, and this template is LibrePhotos Docker hosting without the setup: the official unified image with PostgreSQL 18, both pinned by digest, with five named volumes, a generated admin password and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does LibrePhotos need?

The template minimum is 4096 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 20 GB of disk, because upstream warns the backend can be killed during the first scan on much less. This page sells the 16 GB tier as the entry rung.

How do I set up LibrePhotos after installing?

Sign in as admin, open Settings, Set Up Library and save /data as the scan directory, otherwise uploads and scans will not work. Then upload photos in the web interface or the mobile app and run a library scan.

Can anyone register on my LibrePhotos?

No. Open registration is off and nobody can create an account on their own. You add other people from the admin area after signing in. Use a strong admin password, since the sign-in is the only protection.

Does LibrePhotos need internet access?

Yes, for the first scan, which downloads the face recognition model at runtime, so the server needs outbound internet. Large libraries then take a long time to process. Maps and place names also contact outside services.

Does LibrePhotos send photo data to third parties?

The map view and place names contact third-party tile and geocoding services by default. You can turn place names off with FEATURE_REVERSE_GEOCODING set to false. Face, caption and scene models run on your own server.

Is LibrePhotos free?

Yes. LibrePhotos is released under the MIT licence, though runtime-downloaded models carry their own licences. Only the dedicated Cloud VPS storing your photos and index is billed, a LibrePhotos cloud of your own. Face, caption and scene models run on your own server, so nothing is billed per photo.

How do I back up LibrePhotos?

Back up librephotos_data for originals, librephotos_media for thumbnails and face crops, librephotos_db and librephotos_logs together, from a stopped app or one snapshot. The cache volume only holds models and can be rebuilt. Nothing schedules this, so run it yourself.

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How do I upgrade LibrePhotos?

LibrePhotos stays on 1.3.0, fixed by digest, until you adopt a newer template version. Before switching, copy the data, media, database and logs volumes and skim the upstream release notes. Newer releases never arrive on their own.

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.