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Immich vs Komga
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Immich and Komga — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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Immich vs Komga: at a glance
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.
What is Komga?
Komga's NextUI beta keeps gaining features while the old UI gets only translations.
Komga ships every one to two weeks, and almost all feature work lands in NextUI, the rewritten web interface served at /next. The third NextUI beta in 1.28.0 added contextual navigation, such as moving between books in a series or read list, and 1.29.0 added Notable Entities metadata that only NextUI shows. The latest patches fix page counts and KOReader hashes and carry dependency and translation updates.
Immich vs Komga: editorial side-by-side
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.
Komga
5.0COLLAB
Komga's NextUI beta keeps gaining features while the old UI gets only translations.
◆ Current state
Komga ships every one to two weeks, and almost all feature work lands in NextUI, the rewritten web interface served at /next. The third NextUI beta in 1.28.0 added contextual navigation, such as moving between books in a series or read list, and 1.29.0 added Notable Entities metadata that only NextUI shows. The latest patches fix page counts and KOReader hashes and carry dependency and translation updates.
◆ Where it's heading
NextUI is moving from preview to the main interface: each minor release adds features exclusive to it, and the old web UI now receives only translations and dependency bumps. The server side keeps adding API checks and Kobo sync fixes underneath.
◆ Prediction
Expect further NextUI betas with editing and navigation features, and eventually a release that makes NextUI the default; the entries don't give a date.
Alternatives to Immich and Komga
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 Immich or Komga.
Capacities
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Guru
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EGroupware
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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.
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Recent activity from Immich and Komga
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoImmichv3.4 RC adds passkeys, built-in backups and JPEG XL
- 5d agoKomgaPage count and KOReader hash fixes
- 19d agoKomgaRelease 1.29.1
- 21d agoKomgaRelease 1.29.0
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC2 refines person sharing before release
- 1mo agoKomgaNextUI login, sorting and search fixes
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC1 continues person-sharing work
- 1mo agoImmichv3.3 RC adds people management and TensorRT-RTX
- 1mo agoKomgaThird NextUI beta adds contextual navigation
- 1mo agoKomgaAPI restriction checks and a Kobo re-download fix
- 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 Immich and Komga?
Both compete on the same themes — self-hosted — within Collab. Komga 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 Immich better than Komga?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Komga 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 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 Komga?
Top Komga alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Komga alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/komga for the full list with editorial commentary on each.