Immich hits 90,000 stars on Github, releases v2.5

Immich released v2.5.0, its 90,000 star update, this week:

Happy New Year! Welcome to Immich v2.5.0. This release is our fireworks to celebrate both the new year and reaching 90,000 stars on GitHub. It is packed with major features that have been in the works for quite some time, and the team has kicked off the year with incredible momentum that we're excited to carry forward. We couldn't wait to share this with you. Let's dive right in:

Free Up Space
Non-destructive editing
Database backup and restore (web)
Upload improvements
Visual refresh across all platforms
Disable admin setup
Star rating (mobile)
Additional fine-grained permissions (api keys)
Progressive JPEGs
Slideshow loop option (web)
Native HTTP clients for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 image loading

Immich is essentially a self hosted Google Photos clone. I've been using it to back up my ~600GB photo and video library for over a year now. I'm most excited about non-destructive editing.

More recently, I've started backing up my wife and kids' libraries. The backup process on iOS is a pain point. However, Apple made changes in iOS 26.1 for third party background photo uploads and I'm hopeful the Immich team decides to adopt it sooner than later.

I have a few upgrades I need to make to my Unraid server (mainly I need a better case with improved airflow and add offsite backup), then I'll start deleting content from my iCloud Photo Library and go fully self hosted.