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Immich is actually usable, thumbnail previews work without any previous setup, and the mobile app is pretty responsive

Unlike Nextcloud, I feel I can rely on it and feel I can upgrade without issues

That sounds really promising, maybe my family would be better suited to something like that.

I will say though, Nextcloud is almost painless when it comes to management. I’ve had one or two issues in the past, but their “all in one” docker setup is pretty solid, I think. It’s what I’ve been using for the last year or so.

I use my Nextcloud as a general file storage thing, I just emphasized the photo aspect because that’s my family’s main use case.

I have heard of Immich though, perhaps I owe it an honest try someday.

Immich is way better if all you need is photo storage. It's Google photos level.