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Immich vs Photoview: catalog facts
Immich	Photoview
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS	Web, Self-hosted
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 your existing folder structure as albums Multiple users with separate photo directories
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The Postgres database must not sit on NTFS, exFAT or a network share and should use local SSD	Official iOS app is no longer maintained Requires running your own server
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is 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 September 23, 2026

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