A screenshot of the Immich website with the headline Self-hosted photo and video management solution, above a preview of the Immich photo timeline.

Why I maintain a privacy fork of Immich

Immich is a great self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and I really like it. But there is one bug that bothered me enough to fix it myself. The fix did not get merged, so I now maintain a small fork with its own Docker image. This post explains what the bug is, why the fix is not in Immich itself and how you can use the fork if the bug bothers you too. ...

November 6, 2026 · 6 min · 1108 words · Brayd