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Pearcleaner vs memories
Pearcleaner has 15,029 GitHub stars, 401 forks, 84 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. memories has 3,872 stars, 185 forks, 473 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Pearcleaner leads on adoption by 288% (15,029 vs 3,872 stars). Pearcleaner is written in Swift under a custom or non-standard licence; memories is written in Vue under AGPL-3.0. Pearcleaner has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, memories 5%. memories was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Pearcleaner | memories | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Swift | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-06-22 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 401 | ⑂ 185 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Pearcleaner if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick memories if
- You want the memories feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and memories fits your workflow better
About Pearcleaner
Pearcleaner Website The only legitimate website owned by me is Anything else offering Pearcleaner downloads is either a scam or not affiliated with me. More details HERE. Project Status: On Hold As you may have noticed, development on the app has basically stopped since end of 2025, so I wanted to provide some context. Between a new job, joining a friend who is building a SaaS company, and other life priorities, I no longer have the time needed to actively maintain or continue development on the project. Another major reason is that I previously relied on my work MacBook for development. After changing jobs, I…
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About memories
Memories: Photo Management for Nextcloud Memories is a batteries included photo management solution for Nextcloud with advanced features 🎁 Features 📸 Timeline : Sort photos and videos by date taken, parsed from Exif data. ⏪ Rewind : Jump to any time in the past instantly and relive your memories. 🤖 AI Tagging : Group photos by people and objects, powered by recognize and facerecognition. 🖼️ Albums : Create albums to group photos and videos together. Then share these albums with others. 🫱🏻🫲🏻 External Sharing : Share photos and videos with people outside of your Nextcloud instance. 📱 Mobile Support…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pearcleaner or memories more popular?
Pearcleaner has 15,029 GitHub stars and memories has 3,872. Pearcleaner has the larger community by that measure.
Are Pearcleaner and memories free?
Both are open source. Pearcleaner has no licence declared in this registry, and memories is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Pearcleaner and memories?
Pearcleaner is written in Swift and memories in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Pearcleaner or memories?
Choose Pearcleaner if you want the larger community (15,029 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose memories if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.