Immich — Guide — Felhom.eu ← Apps Immich A Google Photos alternative - your photos back themselves up and sort themselves ● Running immich.tester4.test Open ↗ What is it for? Photos and videos back themselves up from your phone It recognises faces and objects on its own See where a photo was taken, on a map Memories and look-backs, put together for you Build albums and share them with the household First steps Open immich.tester4.test in your browser Create the admin account Install the Immich app on your phone (Android/iOS) Turn on automatic upload in the app Invite the household, each with their own account An external library (optional): in the Immich Administration menu, under External Libraries, add the /external/photos folder Before you start An external hard drive is needed to keep the photos and videos on At least 4 GB of free RAM is recommended (for the machine learning features) An x86 processor is needed (it does not run on a Raspberry Pi) Make your first album An album is a selection: the photos stay where they are and are only grouped. In the menu on the left, select „Albums”. Select „Create album” and type the name of the album. Select „Add photos” and pick the photos. Select „Add assets”. Share an album with the family Family members see a shared album in their own account. Open the album and select „Share”. Under „People”, select „Invite People”. Pick the family member and select „Add”. Share all your photos with your partner As a partner, your partner sees all your photos, not only one album. Select your profile picture in the top right corner, then „Account Settings”. Open „Sharing” and select „Add partner”. Choose your partner. They do not see your archived and deleted photos. In their own „Sharing” part, your partner can turn on „Show in timeline”: then your photos appear in their timeline too. Search for a picture or a face In the background, Immich recognises what is in your photos and who is in them. Select the search field at the top and type what you look for, for example dog beach. On the „People” page, select the „Add a name” field under a face and type the name. After that, searching for the name brings up their photos. The „Map” shows where your photos were taken. Frequently asked questions Why does search not find a Hungarian word? Search understands English words by default. Type in English, for example dog or birthday cake. What happens to a deleted photo? It goes to the „Trash” page and is deleted for good after 30 days. Until then you still find it there. How do I take a photo off the timeline without deleting it? Select it and choose „Archive”. You find it on the „Archive” page, and search still shows it. Does Immich change the original file? No. Immich does not change the original files; it keeps your changes separately. Why are there no faces on the „People” page yet? Recognition runs in the background after an upload. After many photos it takes a while until every face shows up. Where are my photos, and are they backed up? On the drive you chose at install time. For their backup, look at the „Data and backup” tab of Immich. Documentation Official documentation ↗