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Self-hosting my photos with Immich

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
659 points birdculture | 1 comments | 30 Nov 25 09:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fsh ◴[06 Dec 25 08:52 UTC] No.46171746[source]▶
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.
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1. xiconfjs ◴[06 Dec 25 10:36 UTC] No.46172229[source]▶
I have the same concerns and that’s why I only use software which accept my directory structure as input and isn’t messing with it. I, for example, added my top directories of my image directory structure hand by hand each bit itself as a shared directory (read-only) to immich.

The main reason: I don’t trust software NOT deleting my photos. (Yes, I have an off-site) backup, but the restore would take time.