immich-app

    immich-app/immich

    High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

    118.4K stars
    7.5K forks
    356 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 463 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #6 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 26, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a high performance self-hosted solution for managing photos and videos with web and mobile app support.
    • Enables full control over media storage and privacy by avoiding third-party cloud dependencies while offering rich features.
    • Use for individuals seeking a private alternative to Google Photos with multi-device backup and media organization.
    • Use for families or small teams needing shared albums, facial recognition, and collaborative photo management.
    • Use for developers or IT admins wanting to deploy and customize a scalable, open-source media server with API and OAuth support.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    AGPL 3.0

    Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    • AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution

    Excerpt from the immich-app/immich README on GitHub (AGPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 18: +337Aug 19: +402Aug 20: +268Sep 15: +136Sep 16: +113Sep 17: +195Sep 18: -78Oct 11: +37

    +7,870 stars over 84 days across 17 snapshot days; best day +402 on Aug 19.

    Forks

    7.5K+971

    Open issues

    667-59

    Compared with peers in Mobile

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