Damselfly
★ 1.8kA self-hosted alternative to Lightroom
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Damselfly is a self-hosted photo management system aimed at users with large, folder-based image libraries. It combines a web interface with a desktop client so photos can be searched, tagged,...
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Features
- fast image search
- keyword tagging
- face detection
- face recognition
- object detection
- full-text search
- advanced filtering
- basket-based selection and export
- geo-location map display
- desktop client sync
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 3, 2026
- Created
- Sep 29, 2019
- Install Methods
- dockersource
- Requirements
- Microsoft .NET 7EFCore 7ExifTool
- Backup & Export
- file-backupnative-exportapi-export
- Runtime / Stack
- DockerC#.NET
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Theming
- Custom themes
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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