# immich-app/immich

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

Repository: https://github.com/immich-app/immich
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/immich
Homepage: https://immich.app
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: backup-tool, mobile-app, photo-gallery, photos, self-hosted, videos, flutter, nestjs, nodejs, google-photos-alternative, svelte, sveltekit, google-photos, photos-management, typescript, javascript
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:52:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1672, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 100}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 112735, forks 6732 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:24.079077+00:00)

## What it is
Immich is a high-performance, self-hosted photo and video management solution that serves as a Google Photos alternative. It consists of a Docker-deployed server backend, a web app built with SvelteKit, and mobile apps built with Flutter for Android and iOS.

## Use cases
- self-host my photo library instead of Google Photos
- automatically back up photos from my phone to my own server
- organize and browse family photos and videos in a web gallery
- search photos by content, people, and metadata on my own hardware
- migrate away from Google Photos while keeping automatic mobile uploads
- share photo albums with family without a cloud provider

## When to choose
- you want full ownership and privacy of your photo/video library on your own server
- you need automatic mobile backup with a polished web and mobile experience
- you have Docker and hardware meeting the requirements (6GB RAM, 2 CPU cores)
- you want features like face recognition, search, and album sharing without cloud fees

## When to avoid
- you want a zero-maintenance managed cloud service with no server to run
- your hardware cannot run Docker or meet the RAM/CPU requirements
- you need a lightweight single-binary tool rather than a multi-container stack
- you require commercial resale or branding use without following Immich's trademark guidelines

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, backup, image-processing, video-processing, search-engine, machine-learning
- domain: self-hosted, photography, media, privacy, mobile-development, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: google-photos-alternative, photo-gallery, photo-management, video-management, mobile-app, flutter, nestjs, sveltekit, media-server, face-recognition, docker, web-server, android, ios, nodejs

## Member repositories
- immich-app/immich (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.079077+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:11:55.062496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/immich-app/immich (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.079077+00:00, sha af0397514e93)
  - homepage: https://immich.app (fetched 2026-08-28T17:31:07.514219+00:00, sha 1629516129e7)
  - site_page: https://docs.immich.app/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:31:07.522838+00:00, sha 36161ab10f73)
  - site_page: https://docs.immich.app/FAQ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:31:07.525217+00:00, sha e66ca12348a4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.