# Nextcloud Memories

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Nextcloud Memories and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for auto-uploading phone photos and videos to Nextcloud, with a fast gallery that cannot alter files. Critics say Immich is better and that it can be buggy and slow.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well out of the box (2 comments): "Everything works well and it's comparably fast with Google Photos for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46172441)) "it worked out of the box!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500399))

## What people warn about

- Immich is better overall (2 comments): "I used memories for a while but Immich is much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836446)) "Immich outpaces Memories nearly everywhere" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515262))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Immich](https://hackerapproved.com/p/immich.md): 296 recommend
- [Google Photos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-photos.md): 73 recommend
- [Apple Photos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-photos.md): 66 recommend
- [PhotoPrism](https://hackerapproved.com/p/photoprism.md): 10 recommend
- [digiKam](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digikam.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Nextcloud Memories", https://hackerapproved.com/p/memories/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).