Memories

6.1easy start · #70of 71
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Runs where you workyes

Runs on Android, iOS, self-hosted, Web.

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Memories is ranked #70 of 71 in photo storage services on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, iOS, Self-hosted, Web.

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Free plan: Yes
Original-quality storage: Yes
Face search: Yes
Shared albums: Yes
Video backup: Yes

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Product: Memories is a free and open source photo management app for Nextcloud.
Storage and privacy: It is self-hosted, so photos are stored on the user's Nextcloud instance; the maker says users can encrypt data with a secret key.
Timeline: The timeline lets users jump to dates in photo libraries, including libraries with hundreds of thousands of photos.
Albums and sharing: Users can create albums, share them with other server users or anyone online, and collaborate with other users on the same Nextcloud server.
Tagging integrations: Memories integrates with the Recognize and Face Recognition Nextcloud apps for AI keyword and face tagging.
Metadata and maps: Users can edit photo EXIF fields including title, description, GPS location, date, time, and tags; the map view plots photos using GPS data and reverse geocoding.
Video: Memories includes an on-demand video transcoder for adaptive streaming and supports VA-API or NVENC hardware acceleration.
Mobile: An Android Memories client is available in early access; the web app is responsive on Android and iOS, and official Nextcloud mobile apps can automatically upload photos and videos.
Requirements: Memories requires Nextcloud 26 or later, PHP 8.0 or later, a MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL database, Imagick, ffmpeg and ffprobe, and distributed memcache such as Redis.
Recommended integrations: The maker recommends Preview Generator for performance, Recognize for AI tagging, Photos for album support, and optionally Face Recognition for face recognition.
Storage compatibility: Memories works with most Nextcloud setups, including external storage, but indexing external storage may be slow because files must be downloaded.
Support: Users can get help through the Discord community, file bugs and feature requests on GitHub, or ask general Nextcloud questions in the Nextcloud forums.
Notable limitation: The maker says video transcoding can be compute intensive and may not work on a Raspberry Pi.
Data portability: Memories stores most metadata in photo EXIF headers and uses the existing filesystem structure, which the maker says helps users migrate without losing data.

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Best Photo Storage Services in 2026#70 of 71

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