Immich
★ 112.7kA self-hosted alternative to Dropbox, Icloud, Lightroom
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall4 Containers — 4 containers — moderate hosting footprintDocker · ComposeNeeds Postgres6 documented maintainers
About
Immich is a self-hosted photo and video management platform designed for people who want control over their media library. It provides a mobile and web experience for uploading, browsing, organizing,...
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Features
- Upload and view photos and videos
- Automatic backup on app open
- Duplicate asset prevention
- Selective album backup
- Local device downloads
- Multi-user support
- Albums and shared albums
- Metadata view
- Search by metadata, objects, faces, and CLIP
- OAuth support
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Created
- Feb 3, 2022
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-compose
- Authentication
- oauth
- Backup & Export
- native-export
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓4 Containers — moderate hosting footprintRuns as 4 containers
Docker Compose
4 services · database: postgres · infra: valkey, postgres
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (4 volumes)
docker/docker-compose.yml · @ 225ca9a · scanned Aug 8, 2026
#
# WARNING: To install Immich, follow our guide: https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose
#
# Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
name: immich
services:
immich-server:
container_name: immich_server
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends:
# file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
# ...
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