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Immichvsvanilla-cookbook

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Immichvanilla-cookbook
Score93/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 19 in Photo Galleries#13 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars117 538158
Stars, last 30 days+2 548+0
Stable releases, 12 months2213
Latest releasev3.3.5 · 21 Oct 2026v1.6.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Immich scores 93/100 against 46/100 for vanilla-cookbook, so it is the safer default.

Immich ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for vanilla-cookbook.

If you want the quickest setup, vanilla-cookbook is easier to run; Immich needs more configuration.

Immich is growing faster right now (+2 548 stars in 30 days).

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