Nextcloud Memories
Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 55% of tracked projects; popularity more than 62%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 3.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v9.1.0-alpha.2 · 25 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is Nextcloud Memories actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 331 commits, of which 156 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 52 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 212% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v9.1.0-alpha.2, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 25 projects we track in Photo Galleries, Nextcloud Memories ranks #6 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Nextcloud Memories actually does
Nextcloud Memories is a photo management suite designed to run directly inside an existing Nextcloud instance. It provides tools to organise, browse, and view large collections of images and videos through a modern web interface. Because it operates as an application layer on top of Nextcloud, it relies on your core storage and user management setup.
Best fit: This is a good fit if you already self-host Nextcloud and want a dedicated, faster interface for managing personal photo libraries without setting up a separate standalone service.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence requires you to release source modifications if you offer the software as a modified network service, and heavy indexing of large image libraries can create significant load on your server.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application running within Nextcloud, it typically requires a standard LEMP or LAMP stack with persistent storage configured for your media files and a robust reverse proxy for TLS termination.
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