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Immich vs Chitralaya CloudGallery: catalog facts
Immich	Chitralaya CloudGallery
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Free Free and open source; storage is provided by Telegram.
Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS	Android
Automatic background backup from Android and iOS with selective album backup, album sync and Free Up Space to… Search by metadata, objects, faces and CLIP; facial recognition and clustering; reverse geocoding and a global map	Uses Telegram as storage with no extra subscription Backs up images directly from the phone
Server needs Docker with at least 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores (8 GB and 4 cores… The Postgres database must not sit on NTFS, exFAT or a network share and should use local SSD	Requires a Telegram account and bot setup Depends on Telegram's servers and terms of service
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0 / Apache-2.0
Account needed	Account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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