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Guru vs Immich
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Guru and Immich — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Guru vs Immich: at a glance
What is Guru?
Guru's Knowledge Agents get the plumbing that makes their answers checkable and safe.
Guru's late-October releases all serve the Knowledge Agent. Agents can now return the records behind an analytical answer, read SCIM-provisioned profile attributes such as department and manager, and choose from sources admins can rename. On the governance side, DLP masking now covers what users type before it is logged or sent to the LLM, and each agent gets its own chat retention window of 1 to 90 days.
What is Immich?
Immich's 3.4 candidate adds passkeys and built-in backups.
Immich released v3.3 candidates in early October with people management, TensorRT-RTX acceleration, birthday memories and lighter ML models, and the first v3.4 candidate on 30 October. 3.4 rc.1 adds passkey sign-in, built-in backups using restic's parallel scan, JPEG XL decoding and encoding, mobile tags and workflow filters, plus a block of security fixes around shared links, partner timelines, symlinks and OAuth cookies.
Guru vs Immich: editorial side-by-side
Guru
5.0COLLAB
Guru's Knowledge Agents get the plumbing that makes their answers checkable and safe.
◆ Current state
Guru's late-October releases all serve the Knowledge Agent. Agents can now return the records behind an analytical answer, read SCIM-provisioned profile attributes such as department and manager, and choose from sources admins can rename. On the governance side, DLP masking now covers what users type before it is logged or sent to the LLM, and each agent gets its own chat retention window of 1 to 90 days.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc runs from giving agents write access to making them auditable. Mid-October brought a rebuilt Teams app with AI answers, MCP image uploads into card drafts and answer editing for skills-based agents; late October shifted to data controls and to answers that show their workings. Guru is treating the agent as the main interface and the card base as what it works on.
◆ Prediction
Expect the stated Mermaid gap in Slack, email and exports to close, and more per-agent settings in the Guardrails section where retention now sits.
Immich
2.5COLLAB
Immich's 3.4 candidate adds passkeys and built-in backups.
◆ Current state
Immich released v3.3 candidates in early October with people management, TensorRT-RTX acceleration, birthday memories and lighter ML models, and the first v3.4 candidate on 30 October. 3.4 rc.1 adds passkey sign-in, built-in backups using restic's parallel scan, JPEG XL decoding and encoding, mobile tags and workflow filters, plus a block of security fixes around shared links, partner timelines, symlinks and OAuth cookies.
◆ Where it's heading
Each minor now runs through three or four public candidates before release. The 3.x line moved from discovery features (search, faces, memories) toward running Immich safely as a household's primary photo store: sharing controls, authentication and backups.
◆ Prediction
v3.4.0 stable should follow after one or two more candidates. Restoring from the new backups inside Immich is the natural follow-up if it isn't already part of 3.4.
Alternatives to Guru and Immich
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Guru or Immich.
Komga
Komga's NextUI beta keeps gaining features while the old UI gets only translations.
Capacities
Capacities adds whiteboards and a global graph to its object-based notes.
EGroupware
EGroupware retires 23.1 and keeps shipping security fixes every week or two.
PhotoPrism
PhotoPrism now lets AI assistants search your photo library over MCP.
Trilium Notes
Trilium rebuilt its kanban board, then shipped an urgent server security fix.
Recent activity from Guru and Immich
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoImmichv3.4 RC adds passkeys, built-in backups and JPEG XL
- 2d agoGuruRename Sources and Folders or Drives
- 2d agoGuruKnowledge Agents Can Now Return the Records Behind the Numbers
- 2d agoGuruSCIM Now Fills in Guru Profile Attributes
- 6d agoGuruMermaid diagrams in cards and Chat
- 6d agoGuruSet chat thread retention for each Knowledge Agent
- 6d agoGuruDLP masking now covers what users type
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC2 refines person sharing before release
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC1 continues person-sharing work
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC adds people management and TensorRT-RTX
- 1mo agoImmichv3.2.0 RC3: bug fixes before stable release
- 2mo agoImmichv3.2.0 RC2: search UI and face merge bug fixes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Guru and Immich?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 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 Guru better than Immich?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 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 Guru?
Top Guru alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Guru alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/guru for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
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.