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Immich vs Spinifex
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars, 6,980 forks, 740 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Spinifex has 179 stars, 10 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Immich leads on adoption by 63,842% (114,457 vs 179 stars). Immich is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Spinifex is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Immich has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Spinifex 6%. 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 | Spinifex | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 114K | ★ 179 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 10 |
| 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 Spinifex if
- You want the Spinifex 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 Spinifex 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 Spinifex
Spinifex is an open source, AGPL 3.0 infrastructure platform built by Mulga that recreates the AWS service surface — EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB, EKS, ECR, ECS, and RDS — on bare metal, on premises hardware, and edge sites, for teams that need AWS APIs and tooling but cannot or will not run in a hyperscaler cloud.
read the full Spinifex overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Immich or Spinifex more popular?
Immich has 114,457 GitHub stars and Spinifex has 179. Immich has the larger community by that measure.
Are Immich and Spinifex free?
Both are open source. Immich is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Spinifex under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Immich and Spinifex?
Immich is written in TypeScript and Spinifex 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 Spinifex?
Choose Immich if you want the larger community (114,457 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Spinifex if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.