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Filamama vs Immich.

Immich is an open-source photo and video server you run yourself. It suits people who want a full-featured photo app at home, with face recognition, a map, smart search and shared albums, and who are comfortable running Docker.

Feature	Filamama	Immich
Price	Free, no paid tier	Free. Optional $25 or $100 key ^[2]
Licence	Published with the download	AGPL-3.0 ^[3]
Account with the maker	Not needed	Not needed ^[2]
Install	Native on macOS and Linux	Docker Compose ^[4]
Android backup app	Piktures	Yes ^[3]
iPhone backup app	Planned	Yes ^[3]
Broken uploads resume	At the exact byte	Not yet. Pull request open ^[5]
Duplicate check before upload	Before any bytes move	By checksum ^[6]
Outbound calls by default	None	Version check and map tiles ^[7]
Faces, objects, smart search, map	Planned	Yes ^[3]
Sharing	Planned	Shared albums, public links, partners ^[3]
Command line	dmsp, JSON answers	Immich CLI, API keys ^{[8, 3]}

Small numbers are sources, listed at the bottom; Filamama's column comes from its own specification and code (source 1). "Not checked" means we didn't find it in Immich's own docs, pages or code, so we don't claim either way. Checked on 17 October 2026.

Where Filamama is ahead

It installs natively on a Mac or a Linux box: one program and one SQLite file. Immich runs with Docker Compose.
An interrupted upload picks up at the exact byte. In Immich, resumable uploads are still an open pull request.
The server makes no outbound calls. Immich checks for new versions and loads map tiles from tiles.immich.cloud by default; both can be turned off.

Where Immich is ahead

Faces, objects, smart search and a map today. In Filamama, search and people are planned.
Shared albums, public links and partner sharing. Filamama doesn't share yet.
An iPhone app. Filamama syncs from Android only for now.
A published open-source licence (AGPL-3.0).

Switching from Immich

There's no importer yet. The simple way is to run Filamama next to Immich, pair your Android phone with Piktures and let it back up what's on the phone. Photos that are only in Immich stay there for now: indexing existing folders on disk is a planned feature. If your family uses iPhones, wait for the iPhone app.

Sources

Filamama: its own specification and source code (SPEC.md, README, the server and Piktures code).
Immich purchase page: optional $25 or $100 product key, no paywalled features buy.immich.app
Immich README and licence (AGPL-3.0): features table github.com/immich-app/immich
Immich docs, Requirements: Docker with the Compose plugin docs.immich.app/install/requirements
Immich pull request #22385 "resumable uploads", still open on 17 Oct 2026 github.com/immich-app/immich/pull/22385
Immich docs, Mobile Backup: checksum first, files already on the server are skipped docs.immich.app/features/mobile-backup
Immich docs, Config File: newVersionCheck enabled, map tiles from tiles.immich.cloud by default docs.immich.app/install/config-file
Immich docs, The Immich CLI docs.immich.app/features/command-line-interface

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