Immich vs PhotoPrism: catalog facts
Immich | PhotoPrism |
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Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall… |
Freemium Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Sponsored membership unlocks some extra features… |
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Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS |
Self-hosted, Web |
- 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
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- Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine
- Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality
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- 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
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- Indexing and face recognition are demanding; a Raspberry Pi will struggle
- Docker is the supported install route, which is a barrier for some
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Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app |
Self-hosted, Web application |
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Open source |
Open source |
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License: AGPL-3.0 |
License: AGPL-3.0 |
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Account needed |
No account needed |
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Works offline |
Works offline |
Checked September 20, 2026 | Checked September 21, 2026 |
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