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Filamama next to the other photo servers.

Filamama is a home media server for your family's photos and videos. Here it is next to five self-hosted photo products. Each has its own page with the details and sources.

YesNoPlanned— Not checked

FeatureFilamamaImmichNextcloud MemoriesPhotoPrismSynology PhotosUmbrel Photos
PriceFreeFreeFreeFree + paid tiers (b)With a Synology NASFree
Open sourceNot published yet (a)AGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0Not checkedNoncommercial
InstallNative, no DockerDocker ComposeNextcloud + appDocker or tar.gzSynology NAS onlyIts own OS
Phone backup appAndroidAndroid, iPhoneAndroid, iPhoneThird-party appsAndroid, iPhoneiPhone beta (c)
Resumes broken uploadsTo the byteNot yet (d)By chunkNot checkedNot checkedNo
Outbound calls by defaultNoneVersion check, mapsUpdate checkMaps, geocodingNot checkedUpdate checks
Faces and smart searchPlannedYesWith RecognizeYesSome modelsSearch, no faces (e)
SharingPlannedYesYesYesYesNo (e)
Away from homeHome only (f)YesYesNot checkedQuickConnect, DDNSVia Tailscale
Agents and CLIdmsp CLI, JSONCLI, API keysocc CLICLINot checkedBuilt-in MCP
  1. a Filamama's licence will be published with the download.
  2. b PhotoPrism's Community Edition is free; memberships from €2 a month add features.
  3. c Umbrel for iPhone is a TestFlight beta (iOS 26.5). Umbrel says there is no Android app yet.
  4. d Resumable uploads are an open pull request in Immich, not yet in a release.
  5. e Umbrel's own guide suggests keeping Immich for face recognition and shared albums.
  6. f Filamama answers on your home network only, by design.

Checked on 17 October 2026, from each product's own docs, pages and code. Sources are on each product's page.

One page per product