Immich Self-Hosted Photos and Videos Solution - A Warts and All Review

Immich is a really modern looking and responsive self-hosted solution for your photos and videos. It has a number of similarities to Google Photos and is often promoted as being the closest alternative right now to Google Photos, especially for backing up photos and videos from your phone. I've installed Immich on my VPS, connected it to my 13,000+ Piwigo photos, and been testing it out for the last week.

My review shows what is working well, and what I see as some potential shortfalls (as at Dec 2023) compared to Piwigo and other solutions. Immich is under very active development, so I'm sure some of these issues will be addressed in the coming year.

But if you are considering Immich, and are wondering how it compares to something like Piwigo, this video may be of help to you. Likewise, if you're trying to get Immich to connect to external libraries.

CHAPTERS:
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Intro 00:00
Features 02:30
Potential Shortcomings 08:15
External Libraries 18:01
Site Demo 20:22
Memories 21:26
Explore View 22:00
Sharing View 22:48
Albums View 24:11
Faves and Comments 26:20
Profile Pic 28:35
Album Cover 29:06
Piwigo Views 30:15
Admin Settings 31:54
Jobs Status 32:34
User Settings 38:18
User Libraries 39:25
Partner Share 40:20
Map View 40:49
Searching 41:42
Outro 42:43

LINKS:
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GitHub site https://github.com/immich-app
Features https://github.com/immich-app/immich#...
Website https://immich.app/
Documentation https://immich.app/docs/overview/intr...
Linking external libraries https://immich.app/docs/features/libr...
Docker compose guide at https://immich.app/docs/install/docke...
Import photos/albums from Google Photos - https://github.com/simulot/immich-go
My Portainer Stack file https://pastebin.com/NFMGP5Cy
Immich Demo Portal: https://demo.immich.app/
My PhotoPrism vs Piwigo Video:    • PhotoPrism vs Piwigo for Open-Source ...  
Back Area Gardens Album https://immich.gadgeteer.co.za/share/...
Table Mountain Album https://immich.gadgeteer.co.za/share/...

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