How it works

Where it runs, how photos come in, and how you leave.

Two ways to run it

On your computer, or on ours.

Hearthkeep Home

Who runs it: You, at home.
Where photos are kept: On your computer.
What we can see: Only a daily license check, plus an optional, opt-in only usage report for improving the app. Never what you add.
Leaving: All your files are already on your computer. Yours to keep.
Chat with your archive: Yes, on your computer.
Price: Coming soon

Hearthkeep Cloud

Who runs it: We do.
Where photos are kept: On ours.
What we can see: What you store. Faces and search need it.
Leaving: Take it home any time, free.
Chat with your archive: Not included.
Price: Coming soon

See pricing Running it at home

Your family’s computers

Your computer runs the archive, or we do. Other computers in the family can help.

Your family’s phones, tablets and computers

Everyone signs in to one of these

MainYour PCStart hereRuns the archive.Needs a computer that can be on most of the time, with at least 500 GB free — ideally 1 terabyte or more.Running it at home

Takes over if the main one stops
StandbyYour son’s PCOptionalA second copy of the archive.Why add it Keeps the archive going while the main computer is off or broken.Needs room for a copy.Learn more
A backup in case of disaster
BackupYour sister’s PCOptionalAn encrypted copy at a relative’s house. They can read nothing.Why add it Survives a fire, flood or theft at home.Needs disk space.Or let us keep it: Hearthkeep Backup
Makes the AI faster
AI helperYour grandson’s gaming PCOptionalDoes the heavy work for the AI. Keeps no photos.Why add it Makes the AI on your Hearthkeep much faster: faces, search and the rest.Needs an NVIDIA graphics card with 8 GB or more.See what the AI does

Hearthkeep CloudWe run it all for youStart hereNothing to install. Take it home any time, free.Needs no computer of your own.See Cloud pricing

What you need

For the computer that runs Hearthkeep Home. The AI helper can be a second computer.

	Minimum	With the AI helper	Recommended
Computer	MinimumOn most of the time, 64-bit, 4 cores	With the AI helper6 cores	Recommended8 cores
Memory	Minimum8 GB	With the AI helper16 GB	Recommended32 GB
Graphics card	MinimumNone	With the AI helper8 GB NVIDIA: RTX 3050 8 GB, 4060 or 5060	Recommended12 to 16 GB NVIDIA: RTX 3060 12 GB, 5070, 5060 Ti 16 GB or 5080
Disk	Minimum500 GB free on an SSD	With the AI helper500 GB free on an SSD	Recommended1 TB or more
System	MinimumWindows 10 or 11 (64-bit), or Linux	With the AI helperSame	RecommendedSame

Start small, add later

1Install it on one computerDownload it, get a license, and you’re good to go. One computer is enough.
2Add the others when you likeA standby, a backup or an AI helper, in any order. Each joins with a code. All are included in the price.See pricing

Features

More than a gallery: the tree, the faces, the places and the stories behind every photo, kept by your family.

See all features

The family treeParents, partners, adoption and every kind of family, each with a page of their own.See the tree
Faces found and namedHearthkeep finds the faces in your photos and asks who they are.See photos and faces
Photos on the mapPhotos stand where they were taken.
Old prints, scannedScan a print with your phone, front and back, and the two stay together.
Recipes from a cardHearthkeep Home onlyPhotograph a recipe card and it is typed up, ingredients and all.See stories and recipes

The ArchivistHearthkeep Home onlyAn AI helper that answers questions about your archive and shows the sources it used.See finding things
Private to your familyYour family sees it. Nobody else does.
Share from your phonePick photos in the app, or share them from your camera roll.
From your computerDrag files onto the page, or pick them.
Scans and recordings tooOld prints, documents and voice recordings.

Leaving

Take it all with you, any time, for free. Your archive is one file and one folder, and both open without Hearthkeep.

One fileYour people, dates, stories, and who can see what.
One folderEvery photo and video, exactly as you added it.