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Immich vs Garage
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars, 6,980 forks, 740 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Garage has 4,541 stars, 176 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Immich leads on adoption by 2,421% (114,457 vs 4,541 stars). Immich is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Garage is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. Immich has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Garage 4%. 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 | Garage | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 114K | ★ 4.5K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 176 |
| 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 Garage if
- You want the Garage feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Garage 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 Garage
Garage is an S3 compatible distributed object storage service written in Rust and released under the AGPL 3.0, built for self hosting at small to medium scale where the cluster spans nodes in different physical locations.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Immich or Garage more popular?
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars and Garage has 4,541. Immich has the larger community by that measure.
Are Immich and Garage free?
Both are open source. Immich is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Garage under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Immich and Garage?
Immich is written in TypeScript and Garage in Rust. 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 Garage?
Choose Immich if you want the larger community (114,457 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Garage if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.