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Memories
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- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Android app
- A dedicated Memories Android client is available in early access through Google Play, F-Droid, and GitHub Releases.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Audience and limits
- The FAQ says Memories prioritizes commonly used features over advanced needs such as professional or photographer-focused metadata features.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Maps
- Memories extracts GPS data from photos for a map view and provides reverse geocoding to find photos by place name.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Metadata editing
- Users can edit photo titles, descriptions, GPS locations, dates, times, and tags, including across multiple photos at once.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile uploads
- Official Nextcloud mobile apps for Android and iOS can automatically upload photos and videos to the server.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The maker says video transcoding can be compute intensive and may not work on a Raspberry Pi.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy page says the service does not collect personally identifiable information and stores information on the user's device and servers they choose to connect to.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Memories is a free and open source photo management app for Nextcloud.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Recommended integrations
- The maker recommends Preview Generator for performance, Recognize for AI tagging, Photos for album support, and optionally Face Recognition for face recognition.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted storage
- Photos are stored on the user's own Nextcloud instance, and the page says they can be encrypted with a secret key.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- Storage compatibility
- Memories works with most Nextcloud setups, including external storage, but indexing external storage may be slow because files must be downloaded.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
- 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.memories.gallery · read 11 Oct 2026
