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Browse existing folders
Your directory structure stays intact. Navigate years, trips and folders visually without reorganizing your archive.
Your archive, alive again
Rediscover the memories sitting on your drives.
MemoryLane puts years of photos and videos into one simple, visual library. Browse what you already have, search across it, or let forgotten moments find their way back to you.
Self-hosted · Your files stay where they are · Windows, macOS & Linux
MemoryLaneJune 2007 · 19 years ago · India
Rediscover
This Day, Another Time
10 Years Ago
Forgotten Photos
Surprise Me
Photos + videoOne view across your existing archive
RAW awareBrowse camera RAW files alongside everything else
No importYour original folders remain the source of truth
One pane of glass
See the photo library you already have.
Point MemoryLane at your existing folders. It indexes the archive, creates fast previews and gives you a single place to browse decades of photos and videos.
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Search everything
Search folders, filenames and photographic metadata across the entire indexed library from one place.
RAW
RAW photo support
Extract embedded previews and metadata from common camera RAW formats including Canon CR3/CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW and DNG.
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Photos and videos
Old clips live beside the photos they belong with, making years of scattered media much easier to encounter again.
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Keep favorites
Star the memories that matter when you encounter them and return to a naturally curated collection later.
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Explore by metadata
Move beyond folders and explore your archive by year, camera, lens, media type and other indexed metadata.
More than a gallery
Let old memories surface again.
A large archive can be perfectly organized and still rarely seen. MemoryLane is designed to bring forgotten parts of it back into view.
Surprise Me
Start a slideshow drawn from across your archive and encounter photographs you weren't looking for.
This Day, Another Time
Revisit this part of the year across the years.
Forgotten Photos
Use viewing history to surface things you haven't seen recently.
Your files remain yours
A visual layer over your existing archive.
MemoryLane doesn't need to become the owner of your photo library. Your filesystem remains the source of truth.
✓No reorganization. MemoryLane doesn't move or rename your originals.
✓No library lock-in. The index and thumbnail cache can be rebuilt from your folders.
✓Self-hosted. Run it on the computer or NAS that already holds your archive.
✓Lightweight metadata. SQLite keeps the index, favorites and rediscovery state.
Your Library
1999 · 1,248 media
2004 · 3,820 media
2007 · 5,104 media
2014 · 4,693 media
2020 · 5,812 media
2025 · 6,112 media
Your original folders. Indexed, visual and searchable.
Optional enrichment
AI when you want it. Not required.
MemoryLane's core browsing and rediscovery experience does not depend on AI. Optional enrichment can make a large archive easier to explore without changing the underlying files.
Face detection
Person clustering
Image classification
Semantic search
Scene & object labels
Search your memories
kids playing on a beach
Summer 2008
Florida 2012
India 2016
Run it where your memories live
Cross-platform and self-hosted.
MemoryLane runs locally and opens in your browser, making the same archive available from one simple interface.
Windows
macOS
Linux
Your memories are already there. Make them visible again.
Browse, search and rediscover the photo and video archive you've been building for years.