Why “immich” is being discussed
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I like this article more than I like Immich. It’s well structured, helpful, and kind (not that Immich isn’t those things). I feel like Futo is going in the wrong direction. In t…
by joshspankit · Sep 3, 2026
I mean I have dozens of TBs of raw photos, google photos or icloud simply arent an option. And the thing I particularly enjoy about immich is that it's semantic searching is lea…
by miladyincontrol · Sep 3, 2026
My primary use case for Immich is not as a Google Photos replacement, but as a backup of my photos that are on Google Photos. With all the horror stories in the past of folks ge…
by nilleo · Sep 3, 2026
Had gazillion copies of folders and iphoto libraries in various backups, but since i moved to linux as daily driver was on the hunt for a good photo archiver. Just recently star…
by hakcermani · Sep 3, 2026
Just run both Google Photos and Immich on your phone. Open Immich once a week to sync all your recently taken photos.
by sylens · Sep 3, 2026
You can use https://www.photosync-app.com/home if all you want is a local backup. It has a killer feature Immich is still missing: encryption at rest of the photos.
by QuiEgo · Sep 2, 2026
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