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Post #306574

2026-02-12 01:19 UTC

Considering making 2026 the year I move away from giving a giant tech company all my photos. Has anyone used a self-hosted solution like Immich in anger? I guess what I'm wondering (ignoring the headaches of self-hosting and keeping things up to date), is it actually any good? I've seen all the "I installed this and it's just as good" videos but not sure I trust them. Anyone used it for a while and have real world experience? Would love to hear about it.

Replies (8)

  • @rustyshelf@mastodon.social 2026-02-13 01:26

    For those interested the overwhelming amount of responses are basically that Immich is good and worth trying.

    Open ##2834676

  • @subinkrishna@mstdn.social 2026-02-12 01:33

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social I use synology photos to sync/backup my family’s mobile phone photos and camera photos. We have at least 5-6 devices actively syncing to it. It meets our requirements, and we use tailscale for remote access.

    Open ##2834677

  • @caseyliss@mastodon.social 2026-02-12 01:39

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social Pretty sure @ironicbadger@techhub.social just moved from Google Photos → Immitch and has had good things to say…?

    Open ##2834680

  • @sjtrny@mastodon.social 2026-02-12 02:16

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social I've been running immich since it reached stable status in October 2025. I use it in parallel with iCloud. It has worked flawlessly and I find it faster than the photos app and web interface.

    Open ##2834688

  • @stevenimpson@aus.social 2026-02-12 02:53

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social I use Immich alongside iCloud so not quite what you’re asking, but it’s been a reliable way to store all my phone’s photos in another place that I own.

    Open ##2834691

  • @mattro@aus.social 2026-02-12 02:54

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social I can get immich installed on a mac (i tried 2 different machines so far), but I've been trying to import 50K images (~150GB) since sunday and can't figure out a way to do that without it crashing. Will keep trying.

    Open ##2834694

  • @johnlago@mastodon.social 2026-02-12 03:25

    @rustyshelf@mastodon.social it’s very very good unless you want to keep RAW+JPG. They haven’t added “auto stacking” yet, so each version will show up as its own asset in Immich.

    Open ##2834697

  • @rustyshelf@mastodon.social 2026-02-13 09:29

    @dfgomes@mastodon.social I kinda use my email address promiscuously. The spam filtering is good enough that anyone can have it. Hide my phone number. Now that would be a cool feature!

    Open ##2834700