Build or Bill

Image and video

Glamour alternatives

1 open-source project that already does this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

photonixapp/photonixA modern, web-based photo management server with object recognition, face recognition, and color analysis that can be run on a home server.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

  • Polished native iOS App Store UX and App Store distribution
  • Built-in App Store in-app purchase handling and subscriptions
  • Any proprietary datasets or proprietary ML models used for higher-quality color classification
  • Polished library of makeup looks and content curated by the vendor

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Glamour, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.