Albums
Every album is a folder. Drop a file in to upload it, rename the folder to rename the album.
Pay what you want · Open source · macOS 13+
Your photo library has a place in the Finder.
Findich mounts your self-hosted Immich library as a native location, like iCloud Drive. Except you own the server.
Albums › Life · 239 items
8,836 items · originals download on demand
FILE PROVIDER NATIVE · NO SYNC COPY · SWIFT 6 STRICT CONCURRENCY · 96 AUTOMATED TESTS
Six doors into one library
Immich organizes photos by meaning, not folders. Findich turns each of those views into a folder tree, and you pick which ones show up.
Timeline
Your whole library by capture date (Timeline/2024/03), straight from Immich's metadata search.
People
Each named person from facial recognition becomes a folder of everything they appear in.
Places
Geocoded shots arranged as Country → City, derived from the EXIF your camera already wrote.
Tags
Your Immich tags, one folder each. 345 tags? 345 folders.
Favorites
The photos you starred, in one flat folder. No digging.
A window, not a copy.
Browsing 8,836 photos doesn't mean storing 8,836 photos. Items appear as placeholders with real thumbnails and file sizes; the original travels only when you open it, and you can evict it the moment you're done.
- Thumbnails and metadata stream from your server, paginated, so a 4,000-asset album opens fine
- Originals download on open, then behave like any local file
- Your library never leaves the server you run
# what the Finder sees
Findich/
├── Albums/ drag in to upload
├── Timeline/2024/03/
├── People/Alice/
├── Places/France/Paris/
├── Tags/roadtrip/
└── Favorites/
# what your Mac stores
placeholders until you open one
Writes go back home
It's not read-only. The gestures you already know map onto your server. Carefully.
Drop to upload
Drag a photo into an album folder and it streams straight to your server, never buffered in memory, so multi-gigabyte videos are fine. Duplicates are caught by checksum and linked instead of re-uploaded.
Delete means trash
Deleting a photo moves it to the Immich trash, recoverable for 30 days. Nothing in the Finder can permanently destroy an asset.
Rename & move
Rename an album folder to rename the album. Drag a photo between album folders to re-link it server-side. Open windows refresh on their own.
Running in three steps
Paste your server and key, flip on the views you want, and Findich lands in the Finder sidebar.
Findich
Findich
Your photo library, in Finder
Server
Addresshttps://photos.example.com
API KeyPaste your API key
Folders in Finder
Albums
Timeline
People
Places
Tags
Favorites
Choose which of Immich's views appear under “Findich” in the Finder sidebar.
DisableUpdate
- 1
Point it at your server
Paste your server URL and an API key from Account Settings → API Keys. The key lives in your macOS Keychain.
- 2
Enable in Finder
One click registers the File Provider domain. Findich appears in the sidebar under Locations. Pick which folders show up.
- 3
Browse like it's local
Files appear instantly as placeholders with thumbnails. Open one and the original downloads; evict it to give the space back.
Grab the signed download, or build it from source. Same app.
Fair questions
How much does it cost?
Pay what you want, including nothing. Take it for €0, or name a price to support development. No paywall, no nag screens; the price is yours to set.
Why pay if it's open source?
You don't have to. The full source is on GitHub, so build it yourself for free. Paying just skips the Xcode-and-signing dance and helps keep Findich maintained.
Does it copy my library to the Mac?
No. It's a window, not a sync. Browsing shows lightweight placeholders; an original is only downloaded when you open it, and you can evict it afterwards. Your photos stay on your server.
Can it destroy my photos?
Deleting in the Finder maps to the Immich trash, recoverable for 30 days from the web UI. The extension has no code path that permanently deletes an asset.
What do I need?
macOS 13 or later, a running Immich server, and an API key. To build it yourself: Xcode, XcodeGen and an Apple Developer team (File Provider extensions require real code signing).
Is this an official Immich app?
No. It's an independent open-source companion that talks to Immich's public REST API. Immich is a trademark of its respective owners.
Pay what you want
Your photos. Your server. Your Finder.
Take Findich for €0 or name a price to support the work. Same app either way. The full source is on GitHub if you'd rather build it yourself.