[talhah]

The main thing to me was that since this runs on Nextcloud its more extensible as the photos are just stored under the files and you can use various other apps to do what your heart desires. The other aspect is you get your own Gdrive alternative. You may or may not want this.

For mobile compatibility Nextcloud is better since you can choose which folder photos go to and you can essentially automatically backup albums whereas with Immich you can't automatically specify which album photos from a directory should go [1].

In addition to this, Immich isn't too stable yet and each time you update the server all clients have to be on the latest version, at least since the last time I used Immich.

1. https://github.com/immich-app/immich/discussions/1678

[menthe]

This is moot.

- Immich supports external libraries

- Use docker compose and never worry about versions breaking

[talhah]

> This is moot. Immich fully supports external libraries.

You're correct, Immich does support external libraries. To be more elaborate with my original comment, I meant inbuilt apps of Nextcloud which integrate well and complement the memories app. An example app would be the Face recognition one or Recognize if you fancy a different implementation. Nextcloud is after all an ecosystem so using memories gains you the other benefits of such an ecosystem. This might be overkill for some so it's upto your usecases.

Versions breaking is an issue since both mobile and server clients have to be on the same version. Compared to Nextcloud Memories this is not an issue. This was an issue when I've last used Immich so this may have changed since then.

[Ringz]

External libraries? What do you mean by that? External storage?

The last time I looked, Immich can’t work with a existing file and folder structure without importing (copy) everything in his own structure (database). That’s a big no go for me.

In Memories, the file structure of your photos is preserved as-is. And you can run it alongside with other solutions that respect your folder structure.

EDIT: looks like Immich can work with external folders. But: Does it put pictures from my phone in that external folder or in its own folder?

[menthe]

It absolutely can, and it does not duplicate nor modify the medias. I mount my several TBs large library with the read-only flag in Docker.

https://immich.app/docs/features/libraries#external-librarie...

[talhah]

Immich on mobile doesn't give you much flexibility with where each local folder gets uploaded to yet so it doesn't preserve folder structure. If you're using the CLI you can program the structure and tell it which album a folder can map to.

[Jnr]

You can add any folder to immich as external library. No need to use cli.

So if you want custom structure, synchronize files from mobile to server in any way you prefer (Syncthing, PhotoSync, etc.) and add that folder as an external library.

[talhah]

This is quite a basic feature which should be inbuilt to the Immich mobile app. It's a common use case to want your screenshots, WhatsApp media album to not be displayed on the main timeline.

If you're running an instance for less technical users it's more hiccups to setup syncthing etc and have to explain why another app is needed.