Immich

Immich is an open-source, self-hosted photo and video backup and management app designed to deliver a Google Photos-like experience while keeping user data stored entirely on servers or devices under their own control.

Key features include privacy control via self-hosted data, automatic backups, AI-powered management (such as facial recognition), cross-platform support, and an active open-source community that continuously develops the project.

Immich is primarily recommended to be deployed with Docker Compose; the official docs provide detailed configuration templates and scripts. For users familiar with Docker, the process is relatively straightforward, and beginners can find plenty of community tutorials.

Immich provides a web client as well as Android and iOS mobile apps, allowing users to upload, view, and manage photos and videos across devices.

According to its design, Immich's machine learning services (such as facial recognition) can typically be deployed locally and run within a self-hosted environment, without sending data to external clouds.

Immich is open-source software and free to use. However, users need to provide their own server, NAS, or hardware resources to deploy and run the service.

Yes. Immich supports uploading, storage, playback, and management of photos and videos, and can handle video metadata.

Immich uses a self-hosted architecture, storing user data on their own devices and not traversing third-party cloud services. The actual level of security depends on the user's server security configuration and practices.

Yes, Immich provides tools or methods to migrate data from Google Photos and other platforms; users can follow the official documentation to do so.