The Easiest Photo Self-Hosting Exit Ramp from Big Cloud

This app's latest update turns DIY photo hosting into something that feels built for people, not just power users.

Christina Maas

The self-hosting crowd has been waiting for this one. Immich, the open-source photo platform for people allergic to Google Photos and iCloud, just hit version 2.0 and declared itself “stable.”

It’s finally ready for normal humans who don’t enjoy debugging YAML files at midnight, or for those who don’t even know what that means.

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