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Immich vs AFFiNE
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Immich and AFFiNE — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:self-hosted
Immich vs AFFiNE: at a glance
What is Immich?
Immich's v3.2 RC ships a new search UI and face clustering, advancing self-hosted photo discovery.
Immich is in active release cadence: v3.0 landed workflows, plugins, mobile editing, HLS streaming, and OCR; v3.2 is now in its third RC with a new search UI, face cluster groups, and a rebuilt search API. The RC turnaround pace suggests the team is in cleanup mode ahead of a stable release. It's a self-hosted Google Photos alternative with a large community of contributors across server, mobile, and web.
What is AFFiNE?
AFFiNE ships stable iOS Share Extension imports while patching editor correctness and selfhost deployment
AFFiNE is releasing daily canary builds that advance the iOS client (Share Extension now stable, share-to-support in prior weeks) alongside editor reliability fixes — heading preservation in readonly mode and priority queue correctness in the block editor. Selfhost deployment is also receiving correctness fixes, indicating the self-hosted user base is growing.
Immich vs AFFiNE: editorial side-by-side
Immich
6.3COLLAB
Immich's v3.2 RC ships a new search UI and face clustering, advancing self-hosted photo discovery.
◆ Current state
Immich is in active release cadence: v3.0 landed workflows, plugins, mobile editing, HLS streaming, and OCR; v3.2 is now in its third RC with a new search UI, face cluster groups, and a rebuilt search API. The RC turnaround pace suggests the team is in cleanup mode ahead of a stable release. It's a self-hosted Google Photos alternative with a large community of contributors across server, mobile, and web.
◆ Where it's heading
The product is moving from Google Photos parity toward differentiation through extensibility and AI-assisted organization. Workflows and plugins opened the automation surface in v3.0; the new search UI and cluster groups in v3.2 close the discovery gap. That combination — automation plus better semantic search — is the basis for a self-hosted photo library that replaces cloud products in daily use rather than just archiving them.
◆ Prediction
v3.2 stable will ship within days given the current RC pace. After that, expect the workflow engine to get additional triggers and actions, and possibly AI-assisted album creation tied to the new cluster groups and search API.
AFFiNE
5.0COLLAB
AFFiNE ships stable iOS Share Extension imports while patching editor correctness and selfhost deployment
◆ Current state
AFFiNE is releasing daily canary builds that advance the iOS client (Share Extension now stable, share-to-support in prior weeks) alongside editor reliability fixes — heading preservation in readonly mode and priority queue correctness in the block editor. Selfhost deployment is also receiving correctness fixes, indicating the self-hosted user base is growing.
◆ Where it's heading
The consistent mobile investment suggests AFFiNE is treating iOS as a primary platform, not a secondary one. The canary cadence will harden into stable releases as mobile features reach parity; the selfhost fixes indicate a parallel push toward enterprise self-deployment alongside the consumer cloud offering.
◆ Prediction
The next stable release will consolidate iOS Share Extension improvements; given the concurrent account-switching work, a meaningful update to multi-account or team collaboration workflows seems likely.
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Recent activity from Immich and AFFiNE
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoAFFiNEAFFiNE iOS Share Extension moves to stable
- 3d agoAFFiNE2026.9.13-canary.928
- 6d agoAFFiNE2026.9.10-canary.909
- 7d agoAFFiNE2026.9.9-canary.909
- 8d agoAFFiNE2026.9.8-canary.909
- 10d agoAFFiNE2026.9.6-canary.907
- 11d agoImmichv3.2.0 RC3: bug fixes before stable release
- 15d agoImmichv3.2.0 RC2: search UI and face merge bug fixes
- 18d agoImmichv3.2.0 RC1: new search UI, face cluster groups, memories view ⚡
- 19d agoImmichv3.2.0-rc.0: fix: build release branch images instead of re-tagging main (#31064)
- 2mo agoImmichv3.0.0 RC3: webhook actions and bug fixes
- 2mo agoImmichv3.0.0 RC2: bug fixes ahead of stable release
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Immich and AFFiNE?
Both compete on the same themes — self-hosted — within Collab. Immich is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Immich better than AFFiNE?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Immich is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Immich?
Top Immich alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Immich alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/immich for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to AFFiNE?
Top AFFiNE alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "AFFiNE alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/affine for the full list with editorial commentary on each.