Wow. I’ve only just started testing it against GP, but it’s really slick and works really well. Lots more fine control than GP, and the only thing that isn’t quite as good is the photo editing on the app and web site, and that is on the roadmap. Oh, and I can’t see how to set up TLS but I might just be missing something.
My wife and I use Immich via Tailscale to avoid the need of any proxying and serious account management. That said, I have yet to fully transition from GP because I have at least one shared album that a few dozen people regularly access. Still need to test setting up a shared album w/ reverse proxy for this one. But then if I want to share another album I’d likely need to set up another proxy…or see if shared albums share a common URL I could use as a catch all. Still need to test.
Tls u need a domain (can use duckdns if u dont have a static ip) then get an ssl cert from lets encrypt then proxy immich through a reverse proxy like ngnx. Its what ive got set up.
Try ENTE!! Everything you store is e2e encrypted, their software is foss and you can share files easily, they even have a mid free plan. I’ve been using them for some time and they offer a great service.
It’s https://www.ente.io
My referal code is SVZWEU, you can use it if you want to get an extra 10 gb for the both of us, free of charge, when signing up to a paid plan.
You don’t have to use it, but thx if you do!
Put this in the other comment, but why?
But it doesnt have all the local-AI image recognition features, does it? Being able to search for “black car interior” is as random as it is effective in Immich.
I see people suggest Ente, but Immich has been fantastic for me, and is funded by FUTO which means it’s less likely to enshittify.
In other words:
Try Immich!! It’s worth trying.
I self host. I’m not going to pay money for someone else to save my photos on another computer when something free (immich) does the same thing for me on my own hardware.
Ente is also able to be self-hosted.
Great, so i pay them for me to host my own photos on my own hardware? That makes no sense.
btw i know i copy pasted this from one of my previous posts but it’s related and i didn’t feel like retyping all of this just to recommend something. I am not a bot! (probably)
I personally switched to Ente.io for shared photo albums. Works great. Encrypted, cheap and you don’t have to make an account as a guest user. I highly recommend that you give it a try. Also if you want to (opt-in). It got on device AI/ML for face and object recognition.
But it doesnt have all the local-AI image recognition features, does it? Being able to search for “black car interior” is as random as it is effective in Immich.
I forgot to mention. You can obviously self host it. Server and client are open source.
My Pixel is taking short video snippets from which you can then choose the best frame, and so far no other app than GP is able to handle those (as far as I know at least).
Can Immich work with those?Just tried it with top photo and it seems to recognize it as such. There is a little playback button up top and it’s clearly not recognized as video. Although no way to extract a single frame.
TLS is if you are use immich behind a proxy. If you just use it in your network there is no need for TLS.
Yes, looks like a reverse proxy is the way to go.
Immich is easy to handle with standard proxy settings, nothing special. My caddy entry for immich is the typical one liner from caddy.
