Native FreeBSD Port of Immich (Daemonless)

[buhnux]

Hi everyone! 👋

I wanted to share a project I've been working on: a native FreeBSD port of Immich.

If you prefer running your homelab on vanilla FreeBSD or FreeBSD-based NAS systems (without the overhead of a Linux VM), this project provides specialized containers for the full Immich stack.

Project Link: https://daemonless.io/images/immich/
GitHub: https://github.com/daemonless

Key Features

• Native FreeBSD Containers: Runs directly on FreeBSD using Podman. No Linux compatibility layer or VMs required.
• Up-to-Date: Currently tracking Immich v2.4.1.
• Drop-in Compatible: Fully compatible with the official Linux version. You can migrate your existing library and database volumes from Linux to FreeBSD seamlessly.
• Full Stack: Includes native containers for the Server, Postgres (pgvector + VectorChord), Redis, and Machine Learning.

Architecture

The stack is composed of specialized images built for FreeBSD:

• daemonless/immich-server: Main Node.js application.
• daemonless/immich-postgres: PostgreSQL 14 with pgvector + VectorChord.
• daemonless/immich-ml: Native ML service.

Note on Machine Learning:

While the native FreeBSD ML container currently runs on CPU only, the setup supports Remote ML. If you need GPU acceleration (OpenVINO/CUDA), you can run the official Immich ML container on a separate Linux host and point your FreeBSD server to it.

Note on Video Transcoding: Currently uses stock FreeBSD ffmpeg. Jellyfin-ffmpeg's optimized tonemapx filter (3x faster HDR→SDR) is on our roadmap.

Personal Note: I'd never actually used Immich until I started this port—and I'm genuinely impressed. Great work by the Immich team! 🙌