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Photoview vs Immich: catalog facts
Photoview	Immich
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS
Uses your existing folder structure as albums Multiple users with separate photo directories	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
Official iOS app is no longer maintained Requires running your own server	Server needs Docker with at least 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores (8 GB and 4 cores… The Postgres database must not sit on NTFS,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
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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