Comment by TacticalCoder

4 hours ago

> Have you tried nextcloud + memories app? Every metadata is stored in EXIF and the directory structure on disk defines the directory structure in the app (and vice versa).

Ouch. One feature I love with Immich is that I can run it as Docker containers (I think it requires four containers) and pass the drive/volume with my photos as read-only, so I'm sure Immich cannot possibly modify my files.