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Immich

A fast, self-hosted home for all your photos and videos.

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  • Rating

    4.8 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Immich?

Immich is a free, open-source photo and video manager you host yourself, with mobile apps that back up your camera roll automatically. It offers timelines, albums, sharing, maps, face recognition and smart search that finds pictures by what is in them, while keeping your memories on your own hardware.

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Pros: what Immich does well

  • Automatic backups from your phone
  • Smart search and face recognition
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Needs your own server and storage
  • You are responsible for your own backups

Who Immich is for

People who want a private alternative to cloud photo services without monthly fees.

Who can skip it

Anyone happy paying for a cloud photo service and not wanting to run a server.

Immich alternatives

Not sold on Immich? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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PhotoPrism

Focus: face recognition and backup. Shares photo library and self-hosted with Immich. Rated 4.6 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents and ocr. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Homebox

Focus: home inventory and organisation. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Rated 4.5 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Photoview

Focus: photos, gallery and media. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Rated 4.4 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Ente

Focus: encrypted photos, 2fa and cloud storage. Shares open source and github with Immich. Freemium (Immich: Free). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Stirling PDF

Focus: pdf editor, pdf tools and acrobat alternative. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Freemium (Immich: Free). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFree planWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Immich

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

fd

Focus: file search, command line and developer tool. Shares open source and github with Immich. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit

Glance

Focus: dashboard, start page and rss. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Jellyfin

Focus: media server, streaming and home server. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit

Linkwarden

Focus: bookmarks, read it later and web archive. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Adds Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Navidrome

Focus: music, streaming and audio. Shares self-hosted and open source with Immich. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Immich: 4.8).

Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.7Visit
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