Immich
High-performance self-hosted photo and video backup, a Google Photos alternative
Overview
Immich is a self-hosted photo and video management solution with native mobile apps for iOS and Android that perform automatic background backup. It offers face recognition, object detection, map view, albums, shared libraries, and a web UI that closely mirrors the Google Photos experience. Deployment is via Docker Compose with multiple services including machine-learning inference.
Where it falls short of Google Photos
- Requires multi-container Docker Compose setup with GPU/CPU for ML; more resource-intensive than cloud alternatives
- Project is still pre-1.0 and explicitly warns against using as the sole backup solution
- No built-in CDN or geo-redundant storage; relies on local disk or manually configured object storage
- Collaborative shared albums lack the polish and third-party integrations of Google Photos
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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