Immich Photo Server Hosting - Google Photos Alternative Offshore

Google Photos uses your photos to train machine learning models, serves ads based on image content analysis, and stores your entire visual life history on US servers. Immich replicates every feature you rely on - automatic mobile backup, smart album creation, face clustering, map view, video playback, shared albums, and a polished mobile app for iOS and Android - with all processing happening on your server. The Immich machine learning container runs facial recognition and CLIP-based semantic search locally. You can search your photo library for "sunset at the beach" or identify all photos of a specific person without any query leaving your AnubizHost VPS.

Immich stores original photos plus machine learning metadata. A typical family library of 100,000 photos (including videos) requires 200-500 GB of storage. Plan accordingly when choosing your AnubizHost VPS or consider mounting an external volume. Immich deploys via Docker Compose with the official stack: ```bash mkdir immich && cd immich wget https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml wget -O .env https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/example.env # Edit .env: set UPLOAD_LOCATION, DB_PASSWORD, etc. docker compose up -d ``` The machine learning container requires at least 2 GB RAM for face recognition tasks. The main application container needs 2 GB additional. A 4 GB RAM VPS handles a single-family library comfortably with all AI features enabled.

Immich supports multiple users with independent libraries and controlled sharing - ideal for a family where each member has a private library but can share albums selectively. External sharing links allow sharing photos with people who do not have an Immich account, without exposing the entire library. AnubizHost's offshore jurisdiction means Icelandic or Romanian law governs your photo server - jurisdictions where family photo data is not subject to US law enforcement requests without formal international legal process. Cryptocurrency payment for hosting ensures your photo backup server has no financial data trail linking it to your identity.