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Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by yomismoaqui »

trizic wrote: post #56

There is something to be said about NixOS, it really is a matter of setting `services.immich.enable = true;` in a configuration file. I find this really powerful and simpler than docker and docker-compose. But don't get me wrong, I am all for containerization when it comes to other OS/distros. Yes, there is a learning curve for the Nix language and creating your own packages. But anyone who can install a distro can i…

Nix can be easy,but it's not simple.

Obligatory link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by rcarmo »

I've had nothing but trouble with Immich. It's a CPU hog if you enable any kind of AI/ML (face detection is a notable culprit) or when preprocessing even small phone videos, I can't get it to import an existing photo tree from a filesystem, and the iOS app can't seem to sync reliably...

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by teekert »

AdrianB1 wrote: post #147
teekert wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I the only one surprised that this is a serious discussion in 2025?

Perhaps. There are many people, even in the IT industry, that don't deal with containers at all; think about the Windows apps, games, embedded stuff, etc. Containers are a niche in the grand scheme of things, not the vast majority like some people assume.

Really? I'm a biologist, just do some self hosting as a hobby, and need a lot of FOSS software for work. I have experienced containers as nothing other than pervasive. I guess my surprise is just stemming from the fact that I, a non CS person even knows containers and see them as almost unavoidable. But what you say sounds logical.

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by prmoustache »

trizic wrote: post #56

There is something to be said about NixOS, it really is a matter of setting `services.immich.enable = true;` in a configuration file. I find this really powerful and simpler than docker and docker-compose. But don't get me wrong, I am all for containerization when it comes to other OS/distros. Yes, there is a learning curve for the Nix language and creating your own packages. But anyone who can install a distro can i…

> But anyone who can install a distro can install NixOS. Instead of running your apt/dnf/pacman commands, you edit a file with your package names and services you want to enable, and run `nixos-rebuild switch`.

You can do the same with any configuration manager such as puppet, salt or chief.

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by prmoustache »

fsh wrote: post #108

My biggest worry with Immich is how to future-proof the albums. With photos sorted into folders, it should be no problem to access them in a couple of decades. With Immich, I have to rely on the software still working or finding some kind of tool to dump the database.

As long as it is running on an open source database engine, I don't understand the difficulty.

You'll have plenty of time to write your exportation script before postgres ever disappear completely of all the bytes stored on our planet.

Also, are you saying you don't do backups?

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by andrejserafim »

vekerdyb wrote: post #110

Surprised that neither the article, nor the comments mention Photoprism from what I can see. It’s not I’ve been hosting Photoprism and syncing my photos with PhotoSync from my iPhone for a while now. I would consider switching to another solution if it had in-browser basic editing (cropping, contrast / white balance adjustment, etc). https://www.photoprism.app/

I've switched from photoprism to immich. Immich is a much more active project, bugs are fixed, face recognition is an order of magnitude better, just an overall more solid experience. If you are choosing, I wouldn't doubt for a second to go with immich.

Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by zenlot »

prmoustache wrote: post #174
trizic wrote: post #56

There is something to be said about NixOS, it really is a matter of setting `services.immich.enable = true;` in a configuration file. I find this really powerful and simpler than docker and docker-compose. But don't get me wrong, I am all for containerization when it comes to other OS/distros. Yes, there is a learning curve for the Nix language and creating your own packages. But anyone who can install a distro can i…

> But anyone who can install a distro can install NixOS. Instead of running your apt/dnf/pacman commands, you edit a file with your package names and services you want to enable, and run `nixos-rebuild switch`. You can do the same with any configuration manager such as puppet, salt or chief.

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Re: Self-hosting my photos with Immich

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Post by Jnr »

sva_ wrote: post #145
Jnr wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenVPN is far from "no fuss", especially when compared to Tailscale. I like to self host things so I also self host Headscale (private tailnet) and private derp proxy nodes (it is like TURN). Since derp uses https and can run on 443 using SNI I get access to my network also at hotels and other shady places where most of the UDP and TCP traffic is blocked. Tailscale ACL is also great and requires more work to achieve…

Why not just use wireguard directly? The configuration is fairly trivial

Wireguard is great, I have personally donated to it and have used Wireguard for years before it became stable. And I still use it on devices (routers) where Tailscale is not supported. But as Jason stated - it is quite basic and is supposed to be used in other tools and this is what we are seeing with solutions like Tailscale.

Tailscale makes it simple for the user - no need to set up and maintain complex configurations, just install it, sign in with your SSO and it does everything for you. Amazing!

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