Ente Photos vs Immich
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted photo management options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Ente Photos with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Jellyfin copyparty Puter PhotoPrism croc qBittorrent Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser SeaweedFS SRS Cloudreve DeepFace Magic Wormhole Navidrome Kodi gallery-dl Koel Jackett Beets PeerTube Transmission Sonarr MeTube Color Thief darktable Thumbor LibrePhotos Photoview imaginary Google Photos Takeout Helper Syncthing Android Wrapper Lychee Piwigo Memories Hydrus Network Danbooru OwnPhotos Images.weserv.nl ExifCleaner PiGallery2 Photonix ChronoFrame Damselfly Immich Kiosk exifr digiKam HomeGallery Chevereto PictShare Sigal thumbsup nanogallery2 Nextcloud Photos Damselfly Web Photofield Shotwell Server Zenphoto Lutim fgallery SPIS Memtly Mejiro This week in past Coppermine Tonido Photos MyPhotoShare Mediagoblin PhotoStructure Reservo Single File PHP Gallery
Compare Immich with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Jellyfin copyparty Puter PhotoPrism croc qBittorrent Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser SeaweedFS SRS Cloudreve DeepFace Magic Wormhole Navidrome Kodi gallery-dl Koel Jackett Beets PeerTube Transmission Sonarr MeTube Color Thief darktable Thumbor LibrePhotos Photoview imaginary Google Photos Takeout Helper Syncthing Android Wrapper Lychee Piwigo Memories Hydrus Network Danbooru OwnPhotos Images.weserv.nl ExifCleaner PiGallery2 Photonix ChronoFrame Damselfly Immich Kiosk exifr digiKam HomeGallery Chevereto PictShare Sigal thumbsup nanogallery2 Nextcloud Photos Damselfly Web Photofield Shotwell Server Zenphoto Lutim fgallery SPIS Memtly Mejiro This week in past Coppermine Tonido Photos MyPhotoShare Mediagoblin PhotoStructure Reservo Single File PHP Gallery
Feature Ente Photos Immich Category Photo Management Photo Management License AGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Dart TypeScript Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 1,024 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker docker GitHub stars ★ 28,201 ★ 109,945 First released 2022 2022 Replaces Google Photos, iCloud Photos Google Photos, iCloud Photos
Why pick each one
Choose Immich if… Excellent mobile apps Fast and feature-rich Very active development Immich details
Frequently asked questions Is Ente Photos or Immich better? Immich is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider Ente Photos if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Ente Photos and Immich free and open-source? Yes. Ente Photos is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Immich under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Ente Photos and Immich with Docker? Ente Photos: yes. Immich: yes.