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Filamama vs PhotoPrism.

PhotoPrism is an open-source app for browsing, organising and sharing a photo collection, with faces and AI labels. It suits people who want to organise the photos they already have on disk, and who are fine running Docker or a package.

Feature	Filamama	PhotoPrism
Price	Free, no paid tier	Free Community Edition. Memberships from €2 a month add features ^[2]
Licence	Published with the download	AGPL-3.0 ^[3]
Account with the maker	Not needed	Not needed for the Community Edition ^[2]
Install	Native on macOS and Linux	Docker, or tar.gz packages ^[3]
Phone backup app	Its own: Piktures for Android	Apps by other developers, such as PhotoSync ^{[4, 3]}
Broken uploads resume	At the exact byte	Not checked
Duplicate check before upload	Before any bytes move	Not checked
Outbound calls by default	None	Maps and reverse geocoding, unless disabled ^[5]
Faces and labels	Planned	Yes ^[3]
Sharing	Planned	Yes ^[3]
Command line	dmsp, JSON answers	In all editions ^[2]

Small numbers are sources, listed at the bottom; Filamama's column comes from its own specification and code (source 1). "Not checked" means we didn't find it in PhotoPrism's own docs, pages or code, so we don't claim either way. Checked on 17 October 2026.

Where Filamama is ahead

Filamama makes its own Android backup app, Piktures, with resumable uploads and a duplicate check before sending. PhotoPrism points to apps by other developers.
The server makes no outbound calls. PhotoPrism loads maps and does reverse geocoding unless you turn them off.
No paid tier at all. PhotoPrism's memberships add features to the free edition.

Where PhotoPrism is ahead

Faces and AI labels today. Filamama has search and people as planned features.
Sharing. Filamama doesn't share yet.
iPhone backup through apps by other developers. Filamama syncs from Android only for now.
A published open-source licence (AGPL-3.0).

Switching from PhotoPrism

There's no importer yet. Run Filamama next to PhotoPrism, pair your Android phone with Piktures and let it back up what's on the phone. Your PhotoPrism originals stay as files on disk; indexing existing folders is a planned feature.

Sources

Filamama: its own specification and source code (SPEC.md, README, the server and Piktures code).
PhotoPrism editions: free Community Edition, memberships from €2 a month, command line in all editions www.photoprism.app/editions
PhotoPrism README and licence (AGPL-3.0): faces, labels, sharing, Docker images and tar.gz packages, PhotoSync github.com/photoprism/photoprism
PhotoPrism docs, iOS and Android: apps maintained by other companies and developers docs.photoprism.app/user-guide/native-apps
PhotoPrism docs, Config Options: maps and reverse geocoding on unless disabled docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/config-options

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