Software Library · Photos & Video
Immich: Private Photo and Video Management for Your Whole Team
Automatic phone backup, face recognition, smart search, and shared albums — without handing your pictures to Big Tech.
- Replaces
- Google Photos, iCloud Photos, Amazon Photos
- Hosted plans
- Included in Good, Better, and Best · $15/mo on its own
- Self-hosted
- Any tier (Free includes up to 3 apps)
- Project
- immich.app
Every business has photos: job sites, products, events, receipts, the team offsite. Most of them end up in someone’s personal Google Photos or iCloud account, scanned, indexed, and tied to a storage plan that grows every year.
Immich is a high-performance, open-source photo and video platform that gives you the experience people love about Google Photos — automatic backup, instant search, memories, and easy sharing — running on your own Federated Core. Your pictures stay yours.
Why Choose Immich?
- Automatic Backup From Every Phone — The iPhone and Android apps back up photos and videos in the background, including Live Photos and Motion Photos, and skip duplicates automatically.
- Search That Actually Finds Things — Search by people, places, objects, dates, and camera details. Immich understands what’s in a photo, so “red truck” or “whiteboard” just works.
- Face Recognition — Immich groups faces for you, so you can find every photo of a person in seconds. The recognition runs on your server, not in someone else’s cloud.
- Albums and Sharing — Build shared albums for a project or a team, share a public link with a customer, or give a partner access to your whole library.
- A Map of Every Shot — See where photos were taken on a global map, and view the full EXIF details of any image.
- Built for Real Libraries — Raw formats, 360° images, stacked photos, tags, folder views, favorites, and an archive for what you want to keep but not see every day.
- Multi-User From Day One — Every person gets their own library, with administrators managing users and storage.
Immich vs. Big Tech Photo Services
| Feature | Immich on Federated | Google Photos | iCloud Photos | Amazon Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-Source | ✔ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Runs on Your Own Server | ✔ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Automatic Phone Backup | ✔ Yes | ✔ Yes | ✔ Yes | ✔ Yes |
| Face Recognition | ✔ On your server | ✔ In Google’s cloud | ✔ On device | ✔ In Amazon’s cloud |
| Works on iPhone and Android | ✔ Yes | ✔ Yes | ❌ Apple only | ✔ Yes |
| Unlimited Users | ✔ Yes | ❌ Per account | ❌ Per account | ❌ Per account |
How Immich Fits Into Federated Computer
Immich is installed uniquely for you on your own Federated Core, alongside Nextcloud and the rest of your apps, with one login for your team.
- Completely private — Your photos are never used for advertising or to train anyone’s AI.
- Backed up for you — On hosted plans, your library is included in your Federated backups, so a lost phone never means lost pictures.
- One predictable price — No per-person storage plans. Add storage as your library grows.
- No lock-in — Immich is open-source. Your originals are stored as regular files you can take with you at any time.