Immich AutoTag

Overview

Immich AutoTag is an innovative solution designed to enhance photo and video management within the popular open-source platform, Immich. With its user-friendly features aimed at automating the tagging process, this project significantly simplifies the organization of media libraries, addressing common challenges such as misclassification and disorganization that arise when transitioning from older systems.

Key Motivations

1. Why Immich?
   Immich has emerged as a favored choice for privately managing photos and videos, offering advantages over traditional services like Google Photos and various NAS applications. Its open-source nature, speed, privacy, and a supportive community distinguish it as an excellent alternative.

2. Addressing Organization Challenges
   New users often import large numbers of images from previous systems, resulting in unclassified or misclassified media. Immich AutoTag automates the tagging process, enabling users to quickly and efficiently organize their photo libraries.

Problem Solving Capabilities

Immich AutoTag automatically assigns tags to assets in Immich based on pre-existing albums and tags. Key functionalities include:

• Unorganized Asset Detection: Quickly identify unclassified photos or videos.
• Error Highlighting: Classifies assets to reveal multiple conflicting tags.
• Efficient Review Process: Accelerates the review and organization of large media collections.

Additional Features

Beyond its classification focus, Immich AutoTag provides various advanced functionalities designed to optimize large-scale photo management:

• Automatic Date Repair: Fix incorrect or missing dates based on file names and duplicate analysis.
• Duplicate Classification: Automatically classify photos by identifying duplicates, minimizing manual effort.
• Continuous Tagging Loop Script: Keep tagging during heavy editing sessions easily.
• Asset Exclusion: Exclude specific sets of assets from processing based on web links, allowing for greater control.
• Modification Logs and Statistics: Generate detailed reports on modifications made, including conflict counters and stats of unclassified assets.

Practical Use Case

To leverage Immich AutoTag effectively:

1. Configure Classification Patterns: Modify settings to determine which albums are recognized as providing classifications, such as using date prefixes for events.
2. Handle Special Cases: Utilize suggested tags for assets that do not belong in albums.
3. Resolve Conflicts: Automatically tag unclassified or multiply classified photos for easier location and organization in Immich.
4. Iterative Review: Continuously refine your library by re-running the script to remove special tags from resolved photos, gradually enhancing organization.

Future Directions

The modular design of Immich AutoTag allows for easy expansion of its capabilities. Plans for future development include:

• Automated album creation based on folder structures.
• Enhanced duplicate detection and management tools.
• Support for batch operations and integration with AI-driven classification systems.

Development and Support

For contributors and developers, detailed project guidelines can be found in the Developer Guide. For any questions or issues, please utilize the GitHub Issues page.