Auto backup — Automatically backs up photos and videos when the mobile app opens.
Facial recognition — Clusters faces and enables search by detected people in your library.
Multi-user support — Manage multiple user accounts with separate libraries and shared albums.
Metadata search — Search photos by EXIF data, objects, faces, and CLIP image embeddings.
Public sharing — Generate shareable links for albums and individual photos without logins.
Immich is a production-ready Google Photos alternative that runs entirely on your hardware. The mobile app handles automatic backups, while the web interface provides powerful search with facial recognition and CLIP-based image search. Multi-user support, partner sharing, and a full API make it suitable for families or small teams.
Requires Docker and Docker Compose. Minimum 2GB RAM recommended. Optional ML features require additional GPU resources.