Immich Album Exporter

What I love about Immich is not just sharing albums, it is collaboration. Friends and family can upload their own photos and videos directly into shared albums, so moments from different phones and perspectives end up in one place.

That workflow is great, but there is one gap for me: all of that content lives inside Immich’s internal storage scheme. I already maintain my own personal library with a clear folder and naming structure, and I want to keep extending that library consistently over time.

My recent project Immich Album Exporter solves exactly that. The exporter takes albums from Immich, including content uploaded by other people in shared albums, and brings those assets into my existing library format. It keeps naming predictable, preserves timestamps, and avoids duplicate imports through state tracking, so new album content can flow in continuously without disrupting what is already organized.

The goal is not to replace Immich. Immich remains the collaboration layer where people share and contribute. My local library remains the long-term structure I control.

So the workflow becomes:

• Create or share an album in Immich.
• Let others upload their own photos and videos.
• Sync that album into my personal library using the same naming and folder conventions.
• Repeat, consistently, as new shared moments arrive.

Find more information and how to use it here: https://github.com/vtietz/immich-album-exporter