Immich cross server shared albums finally here (Google photos style)!
Hi guys — cross-server shared albums (federation, whatever you want to call it) has been one of the most requested Immich features for 4+ years. We all want that dead-simple Google Photos sharing experience with friends and family... well, fellow self-hosters, now we've got it.
If like me you got bored of waiting, time to get cloning: \*\*immich-shared-albums\*\*, a sidecar addon for Immich.
It never touches your Immich instance directly — it talks to it via an API key and runs in its own container, so any issues stay isolated to the addon. Minimal setup, and once it's up you can create share links that anyone else running the addon just opens to join the album and start adding photos.
What you get:
\* 🔗 \*\*Simple link sharing\*\* — open a link, join, done. Stock Immich apps, nothing else to install \* 👤 \*\*Per-user, not per-server\*\* — so your parents won't see your antics from that lads' holiday \* 💾 \*\*Your storage stays yours\*\* — each server keeps its own assets, so joining an album doesn't dump hundreds of unwanted photos onto your disk (full quality still there to download whenever you want) \* 💬 \*\*Cross-server comments\*\* — near-instant messaging between servers \* 📦 \*\*Isolated & self-hosted\*\* — one small container, no forks, no patched Immich
Go have a play and let me know what you think:
👉 \[https://github.com/lukeet332/immich-shared-albums\\\](https://github.com/lukeet332/immich-shared-albums)
Made a quick demo showing it off too:
👉 \[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3GO-YFchYo\\\](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3GO-YFchYo)