Immich

Self-hosted Google Photos alternative with automatic mobile backup.

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Price
FreeFree and open source; you supply the server and storage so capacity is limited only by your own hardware.
Works on
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web
Based in
United States
Source code
Open source

Immich is the closest self-hosted experience to Google Photos, with a polished timeline, automatic phone backup, face grouping and smart search. It is fully open source under AGPL-3.0 and financially backed by FUTO and it reached its v2.0 stable release in October 2025 after years of heavy development. Because it runs entirely on a server you control, your media never touches a third party, FUTO, though US-incorporated, never holds your data. The important caveat is that Immich is not end-to-end encrypted: files sit readable on your server so your privacy depends on how well you secure that machine and there is no hosted option.

Strengths

  • Polished, Google Photos-like experience
  • Automatic backup, face grouping and smart search
  • Fully open source and FUTO-backed
  • Photos stay on hardware you control

Considerations

  • Not end-to-end encrypted, files are readable on the server
  • Requires you to run and secure a server
  • No hosted turnkey option
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