What is Immich?
Immich is an open-source, self-hosted application for managing photo and video libraries. It supports uploading, viewing and downloading media through web and mobile interfaces, with multiple users and a user-defined storage structure. Mobile backup can run in the background or when the app opens, with selected albums included in the backup.
Library navigation combines folders, albums, favorites, archives and a global map. Search covers metadata, objects, faces and CLIP, while facial recognition groups images by person. Supported media features include raw formats and LivePhoto/MotionPhoto backup and playback.
Shared albums, public sharing and partner sharing provide different ways to make media available to others. User administration and tags are available through the web interface, while offline support is listed for mobile only. The project explicitly recommends keeping an independent backup strategy for photos and videos.
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Source: official Immich project page.
Key capabilities
- Photo and video upload and viewing from mobile and web.
- Automatic and background backup from the mobile app.
- Albums, shared albums, partner sharing and public sharing.
- Search by metadata, objects, faces and CLIP, plus facial recognition and clustering.
- Multi-user support with OAuth and web-based user administration.
- API keys, raw format support and a global map.
Where Immich fits
Immich fits personal and household media libraries where users want mobile photo backup and a searchable gallery on infrastructure they operate. Shared albums and partner sharing can support collections used by several people, while metadata views and maps help users browse media by its recorded context.
Before deployment, the operator should review installation requirements, plan storage and independent backups, and check the required features on each client. Web and mobile capabilities differ: user administration and tags are web features, and offline access is mobile-only. Immich should not be treated as the only copy of a media collection.
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