Noodle Gallery
Shares rank 6 of 8 photo managers by recommenders
Free self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich, valued for its features and S3 storage support. Critics say it looks AI-written and has few contributors.
Free self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich, valued for its features and S3 storage support. Critics say it looks AI-written and has few contributors.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: 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.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Useful features such as S3 storage
“S3 storage is the killer addition here for me.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich” “The features appear genuinely valuable.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich” Personal project built for own setup
“I really enjoy working on this project and have been building everything that I felt missing in my setup.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich” “Check out what I'm able to achieve on my passion project in my free time”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Suspected AI-written code and landing page
“it's very obviously AI-written, which causes me to distrust it”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich” “The entire landing page screams AI generated”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich” Few contributors despite many commits
“I see no contributors and hundreds of commits in a very short amount of time.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich”
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 |
| Noodle GalleryThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“S3 storage is the killer addition here for me.”
“It works fine! The cost is a notification that the sync is running.”
“So far the Noodle communications feel considered, professional and friendly”
“The features appear genuinely valuable.”
“The entire landing page screams AI generated”
“I really enjoy working on this project and have been building everything that I felt missing in my setup.”
“it's very obviously AI-written, which causes me to distrust it”
“I see no contributors and hundreds of commits in a very short amount of time.”
“I'm building an open source Google Photos alternative.”
“Check out what I'm able to achieve on my passion project in my free time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.