Nextcloud Memories
Shares rank 6 of 8 photo managers by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well out of the box
“Everything works well and it's comparably fast with Google Photos for me”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting my photos with Immich” “it worked out of the box!”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Immich is better overall
“I used memories for a while but Immich is much better.”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “My Ridiculously Robust Photo Management System (Immich Edition)” “Immich outpaces Memories nearly everywhere”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future”
Other photo managers people recommend
The four most recommended other photo managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 296 | 65 | 82% | 12 | 1 yr33 owners | Approved |
| Google Photos | 73 | 143 | 34% | 12 | — | — |
| Apple Photos | 66 | 87 | 43% | 12 | — | — |
| PhotoPrism | 10 | 4 | 71% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Nextcloud MemoriesThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've had limited success with Memories on Nextcloud.”
“Immich outpaces Memories nearly everywhere”
“it worked out of the box!”
“I like the guarantee that my gallery app cannot alter my files.”
“I used memories for a while but Immich is much better.”
“Everything works well and it's comparably fast with Google Photos for me”
“it was buggy/slow unfortunately.”
“getting their Photos and Videos auto-uploaded and handled by NextCloud's Memories”
“basically matches immich in feature set”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.