diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d72fb41600dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  lib,
+  nodejs,
+  python3,
+  util-linux,
+  ffmpeg,
+
+  # Current derivation only suports linux-x86_64 (contributions welcome, without libTensorflow builtin webassembly can be used)
+  useLibTensorflow ? stdenv.isx86_64 && stdenv.isLinux,
+
+  ncVersion,
+}:
+let
+  latestVersionForNc = {
+    "30" = {
+      version = "8.2.0";
+      appHash = "sha256-CAORqBdxNQ0x+xIVY2zI07jvsKHaa7eH0jpVuP0eSW4=";
+      modelHash = "sha256-s8MQOLU490/Vr/U4GaGlbdrykOAQOKeWE5+tCzn6Dew=";
+    };
+    "29" = {
+      version = "7.1.0";
+      appHash = "sha256-qR4SrTHFAc4YWiZAsL94XcH4VZqYtkRLa0y+NdiFZus=";
+      modelHash = "sha256-M/j5wVOBLR7xMVJQWDUWAzLajRUBYEzHSNBsRSBUgfM=";
+    };
+    "28" = {
+      # Once this version is no longer supported, we can remove the getAppValue replacements below
+      # The getAppValueString stuff will need to remain
+      version = "6.1.0";
+      appHash = "sha256-225r2JnDOoURvLmzpmHp/QL6GDx9124/YTywbxH3/rk=";
+      modelHash = "sha256-4mhQM/ajpwjqTb8jSbEIdtSRrWZEOaMZQXAwcfSRQ/M=";
+    };
+  };
+  currentVersionInfo = latestVersionForNc.${ncVersion};
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  pname = "nextcloud-app-recognise";
+  version = currentVersionInfo.version;
+
+  srcs =
+    [
+      (fetchurl {
+        inherit version;
+        url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/releases/download/v${version}/recognize-${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = currentVersionInfo.appHash;
+      })
+
+      (fetchurl {
+        inherit version;
+        url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = currentVersionInfo.modelHash;
+      })
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals useLibTensorflow [
+      (fetchurl rec {
+        # For version see LIBTENSORFLOW_VERSION in https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs/blob/master/tfjs-node/scripts/deps-constants.js
+        version = "2.9.1";
+        url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-cpu-linux-x86_64-${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = "sha256-f1ENJUbj214QsdEZRjaJAD1YeEKJKtPJW8pRz4KCAXM=";
+      })
+    ];
+
+  unpackPhase =
+    ''
+      # Merge the app and the models from github
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 0}" recognize;
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 1}" -C recognize --strip-components=1 recognize-${version}/models
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString useLibTensorflow ''
+      # Place the tensorflow lib at the right place for building
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 2}" -C recognize/node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-node/deps
+    '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Make it clear we are not reading the node in settings
+    sed -i "/'node_binary'/s:'""':'Nix Controled':" recognize/lib/Service/SettingsService.php
+
+    # Replace all occurences of node (and check that we actually remved them all)
+    test "$(grep "get[a-zA-Z]*('node_binary'" recognize/lib/**/*.php | wc -l)" -gt 0
+    substituteInPlace recognize/lib/**/*.php \
+      --replace-quiet "\$this->settingsService->getSetting('node_binary')" "'${nodejs}/bin/node'" \
+      --replace-quiet "\$this->config->getAppValueString('node_binary', '""')" "'${nodejs}/bin/node'" \
+      --replace-quiet "\$this->config->getAppValueString('node_binary')" "'${nodejs}/bin/node'" \
+      --replace-quiet "\$this->config->getAppValue('node_binary', '""')" "'${nodejs}/bin/node'" \
+      --replace-quiet "\$this->config->getAppValue('node_binary')" "'${nodejs}/bin/node'"
+    test "$(grep "get[a-zA-Z]*('node_binary'" recognize/lib/**/*.php | wc -l)" -eq 0
+
+
+
+    # Skip trying to install it... (less warnings in the log)
+    sed  -i '/public function run/areturn ; //skip' recognize/lib/Migration/InstallDeps.php
+
+    ln -s ${ffmpeg}/bin/ffmpeg recognize/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals useLibTensorflow [
+    nodejs
+    nodejs.pkgs.node-pre-gyp
+    nodejs.pkgs.node-gyp
+    python3
+    util-linux
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = lib.optionalString useLibTensorflow ''
+    cd recognize
+
+    # Install tfjs dependency
+    export CPPFLAGS="-I${nodejs}/include/node -Ideps/include"
+    cd node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-node
+    node-pre-gyp install --prefer-offline --build-from-source --nodedir=${nodejs}/include/node
+    cd -
+
+    # Test tfjs returns exit code 0
+    node src/test_libtensorflow.js
+    cd ..
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    approot="$(dirname $(dirname $(find -path '*/appinfo/info.xml' | head -n 1)))"
+    if [ -d "$approot" ];
+    then
+      mv "$approot/" $out
+      chmod -R a-w $out
+    fi
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ beardhatcode ];
+    longDescription = ''
+      Nextcloud app that does Smart media tagging and face recognition with on-premises machine learning models.
+      This app goes through your media collection and adds fitting tags, automatically categorizing your photos and music.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/recognize";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
index 7158bf8a2d0a8..24eeec3c5557b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
   lib,
   pkgs,
   newScope,
-  apps,
   callPackage,
+  ncVersion,
 }:
 
 let
+  apps = lib.importJSON (./. + "/${ncVersion}.json");
   packages =
     self:
     let
@@ -55,5 +56,5 @@ let
 
 in
 (lib.makeExtensible (_: (lib.makeScope newScope packages))).extend (
-  import ./thirdparty.nix
+  import ./thirdparty.nix { inherit ncVersion; }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/thirdparty.nix b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/thirdparty.nix
index bcf151bc93f0b..6ea612cf9ec66 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/thirdparty.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/thirdparty.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{ ncVersion }:
 _:
 { apps, callPackage, ... }:
 {
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ _:
     self: super: {
 
       hmr_enabler = callPackage ./apps/hmr_enabler.nix { };
+      recognize = callPackage ./apps/recognize.nix { inherit ncVersion; };
 
     }
   );
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bda70a305edbe..fdeeda49613ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4468,15 +4468,9 @@ with pkgs;
   inherit (callPackages ../servers/nextcloud {})
     nextcloud28 nextcloud29 nextcloud30;
 
-  nextcloud28Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages {
-    apps = lib.importJSON ../servers/nextcloud/packages/28.json;
-  };
-  nextcloud29Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages {
-    apps = lib.importJSON ../servers/nextcloud/packages/29.json;
-  };
-  nextcloud30Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages {
-    apps = lib.importJSON ../servers/nextcloud/packages/30.json;
-  };
+  nextcloud28Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages { ncVersion = "28"; };
+  nextcloud29Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages { ncVersion = "29"; };
+  nextcloud30Packages = callPackage ../servers/nextcloud/packages { ncVersion = "30"; };
 
   nextcloud-client = qt6Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/nextcloud-client { };