What are the minimum VPS requirements for PhotoPrism?

PhotoPrism minimum requirements in the RunOnVPS dataset are RAM 3GB, CPU 2, disk 10GB. Values marked Estimated were not published as complete hardware requirements by the checked source.

What VPS tier does RunOnVPS suggest for PhotoPrism?

RunOnVPS suggests the 4 GB RAM tier as a starting point. This is our own sizing suggestion derived from the recommended RAM (4GB), not an official provider recommendation.

Does PhotoPrism support Docker?

The checked dataset records Docker support for PhotoPrism as: Yes.

Does PhotoPrism need a GPU?

PhotoPrism GPU requirement: Optional. See the source notes on this page for workload-specific exceptions.

Media / Photos / Files

PhotoPrism on VPS

AI-powered photos app for browsing organizing and sharing photos and videos

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GitHub stars: 40349
License: AGPL-3.0
Docker: Yes
GPU: Optional

Requirements

Minimum and recommended VPS specs

Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

PhotoPrism hardware requirements
Resource	Minimum	Recommended
RAM	3GB Official	4GB Official
CPU	2 Official	2 Official
Disk	10GB Estimated	Not stated Not stated

Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.

RunOnVPS sizing suggestion

Suggested VPS tier

4 GB RAM tier

This is our sizing suggestion, derived from PhotoPrism’s recommended RAM of 4GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.

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Deployment

Docker & GPU

Docker support: Yes

GPU: Optional

Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.

Commercial alternative

What it can replace

Google Photos

PhotoPrism is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to Google Photos. Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.

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Source check

Important notes

Stars checked 2026-10-24 on the GitHub repo page; the README license badge is AGPL-3.0 while GitHub repo metadata shows License: Other (NOASSERTION). Official Setup page: host on a server with at least 2 cores and 3GB of physical memory (min official), at least 4GB of swap configured, no hard memory limit, local SSD recommended for database and cache; the official Quickstart recommends 4GB of physical memory (rec_ram). Official docs give no fixed disk size — min_disk is an estimate excluding the photo/video library. GPU is optional (a compose.nvidia.yaml variant is shipped for TensorFlow acceleration). Docker Compose is the recommended install.

Data source: https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/

Project repository: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism

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