Immich 3.0 Released: Major Version Update
Original: Immich 3.0
Why This Matters
Immich is one of the most popular open-source alternatives to Google Photos, with a large and growing self-hosted user base.
On July 2, 2026, the Immich team officially released v3.0.0, a major version of the open-source self-hosted photo management app. The release includes breaking changes primarily affecting third-party API integrations, with a migration guide provided for users.
Immich, the open-source self-hosted photo and video management platform with over 105,000 GitHub stars, has released version 3.0.0. The announcement was made on July 2, 2026 by maintainer alextran1502 via the project's GitHub Discussions page. According to the release notes, v3.0.0 is the result of months of work by the core team and community contributors. The release includes several breaking changes, though the maintainers note that most of these changes involve updates to API endpoints and will primarily impact third-party tools that integrate with Immich's API. For the majority of end users, the upgrade path is expected to be straightforward. A full migration guide has been published alongside the release to assist those affected by the breaking changes. Additional details on new features and fixes were not fully available from the provided content, but the major version bump signals significant architectural or feature-level changes to the platform.