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Immich vs Filestash
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars, 6,980 forks, 740 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Filestash has 14,690 stars, 1,004 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Immich leads on adoption by 679% (114,457 vs 14,690 stars). Immich is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Filestash is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Immich has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Filestash 7%. Immich was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Immich | Filestash | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 114K | ★ 15K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Immich if
- You weight community size — 114K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Filestash if
- You want the Filestash feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Filestash fits your workflow better
About Immich
Immich is a high performance self hosted photo and video management solution — an AGPL 3.0 TypeScript project — for people and households who want their photo library on a server they own rather than in Google Photos.
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About Filestash
Filestash is a Go, AGPL 3.0 licensed universal file storage client for enterprise storage. It lives in Infrastructure & Operations / Storage Solutions. It began as a storage agnostic Dropbox like file manager that speaks FTP, SFTP, S3, SMB, WebDAV, IPFS, and about 20 more protocols. It has three products: a browser based web client, native clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, and iPhone, and gateways for exposing storage over protocols.
read the full Filestash overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Immich or Filestash more popular?
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars and Filestash has 14,690. Immich has the larger community by that measure.
Are Immich and Filestash free?
Both are open source. Immich is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Filestash under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Immich and Filestash?
Immich is written in TypeScript and Filestash in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Immich or Filestash?
Choose Immich if you want the larger community (114,457 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Filestash if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.