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Immich vs Storj
Immich has 114,627 GitHub stars, 7,001 forks, 740 open issues and last shipped today. Storj has 3,281 stars, 429 forks, 361 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Immich leads on adoption by 3,394% (114,627 vs 3,281 stars). Immich is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Storj is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Immich has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Storj 13%. 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 | Storj | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 115K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.0K | ⑂ 429 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Immich if
- You weight community size — 115K 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 Storj if
- You want the Storj 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 Storj 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.
read the full Immich overview →
About Storj
Storj V3 Network is an open source, Go based distributed cloud object storage project. It lives in the S3 compatible storage ecosystem and provides a platform and suite of distributed applications for storing files across a global network of computers. The project addresses the problem of keeping data available without depending on a single centralized storage provider. It encrypts files, breaks them into pieces, and stores those pieces across the network, while owner controlled retrieval is included.
read the full Storj overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Immich or Storj more popular?
Immich has 114,627 GitHub stars and Storj has 3,281. Immich has the larger community by that measure.
Are Immich and Storj free?
Both are open source. Immich is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Storj under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Immich and Storj?
Immich is written in TypeScript and Storj 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 Storj?
Choose Immich if you want the larger community (114,627 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Storj if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.