immich-memories 0.23.3

Turn your Immich photo library into video memory compilations with music and smart cuts

Immich Memories

Create beautiful yearly video compilations from your Immich photo library.

Immich Memories connects to your self-hosted Immich server, intelligently selects the best moments from your videos, and compiles them into shareable memory videos — perfect for year-end recaps or celebrating specific people in your life.

Full documentation: sam-dumont.github.io/immich-video-memory-generator

Reference Setup

graph LR
    subgraph "Apple M2 Pro – 16GB RAM"
        IM["Immich Memories<br/>Python + FFmpeg"]
        LLM["omlx (mlx-vlm)<br/>Qwen2.5-VL local"]
    end

    subgraph "K8s Cluster (GPUs)"
        ACE["ACE-Step 1.5<br/>T1000 8GB"]
        MG["MusicGen API<br/>GTX 1070 8GB"]
    end

    subgraph "Synology NAS"
        Immich["Immich v2.5.6<br/>Photos + Videos"]
    end

    IM -->|"API reads<br/>(download clips)"| Immich
    IM -->|"Vision analysis<br/>(clip scoring)"| LLM
    IM -->|"Background music<br/>(AI-generated)"| ACE
    ACE -.->|"fallback"| MG
    IM -->|"Upload back<br/>(optional)"| Immich

The LLM runs locally on the Mac via omlx (Apple Silicon MLX). Music generation runs on a K8s cluster with dedicated GPUs. Both are optional — the tool works without them, just without AI clip descriptions and generated music.

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Docker (recommended for self-hosters)

# 1. Download the compose file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sam-dumont/immich-video-memory-generator/main/docker-compose.yml

# 2. Set your Immich connection
export IMMICH_URL="http://your-immich-server:2283"
export IMMICH_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# 3. Start
docker compose up -d

# 4. Open http://localhost:8080

Resource Requirements

Phase	RAM	CPU	Time estimate
Idle (UI)	~100MB	minimal	—
Analyzing clips	2-4GB	2+ cores	~1 min per 10 clips
Encoding (1080p)	4GB	4 cores	~2 min for 5 min video
Encoding (4K)	6-8GB	4+ cores	~5 min for 5 min video

Default Docker limits: 4GB RAM, 4 CPUs. This is not a NAS app — video analysis and encoding need real compute. Best run on a machine with 8GB+ RAM.

Developed and tested on: Apple M2 Pro, 16GB RAM, macOS. Not yet tested on other hardware. If you run it on Linux/x86, Synology, Unraid, or Raspberry Pi — please report your experience.

Supported Immich Versions

Developed and tested against Immich v2.5.6. Should work with v1.100+ (uses the /api/ endpoint prefix), but no guarantees for older versions.

Optional: LLM for smart clip analysis

For AI-powered content analysis (identifies what's happening in each clip), point to any OpenAI-compatible vision model:

# In ~/.immich-memories/config.yaml
advanced:
  llm:
    provider: "openai-compatible"
    base_url: "http://your-llm-server:8080/v1"
    model: "qwen2.5-vl"

Quick Install

# One-liner (no clone needed)
uvx immich-memories --help

# Or clone and install
git clone https://github.com/sam-dumont/immich-video-memory-generator.git
cd immich-video-memory-generator
uv sync

Quick Start

# 1. Configure
mkdir -p ~/.immich-memories
cat > ~/.immich-memories/config.yaml << EOF
immich:
  url: "https://photos.example.com"
  api_key: "your-api-key-here"
EOF

# 2. Launch the UI
immich-memories ui
# Opens at http://localhost:8080

# 3. Or use the CLI
immich-memories generate --year 2024 --person "John" --output ~/Videos/john_2024.mp4

Key Features

• Immich Integration — Direct REST API connection with face recognition support
• Smart Clip Selection — Scene detection, interest scoring, duplicate filtering
• Face-Aware Cropping — Keeps faces centered when converting aspect ratios
• Hardware Acceleration — NVIDIA NVENC, Apple VideoToolbox, Intel QSV, AMD VAAPI
• AI Music Generation — ACE-Step or MusicGen with automatic mood detection
• Audio Ducking — Music lowers automatically during speech
• Web UI + CLI — 4-step wizard or headless automation
• Docker & Kubernetes — Containerized deployment with GPU support

Documentation

See the full documentation for:

• Installation (Docker, uv/pip, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Web UI Walkthrough
• CLI Reference
• Configuration
• Hardware Acceleration
• Audio & Music
• Recipes (birthday compilations, automation, best practices)

Development

make dev      # Install all dependencies
make check    # Run all checks (lint, format, typecheck, tests)
make ci       # Full CI pipeline
make help     # Show all available targets

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Built with AI

This entire codebase was written with AI (Claude) as an experiment in building complex software cleanly with AI assistance. 1,100+ tests, strict quality gates, the works. See DISCLAIMER.md for the full story.

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

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Made with ❤️ for the Immich community