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## About this project ## About this project
[Immich](https://github.com/immich-app/immich) is a wonderful bit of software, but since it holds all your private photos it's best to keep it fully locked down. [Immich](https://github.com/immich-app/immich) is a wonderful bit of software, but since it holds all your private photos it's
This presents a problem when you want to share a photo or a gallery with someone. best to keep it fully locked down. This presents a problem when you want to share a photo or a gallery with someone.
**Immich Public Proxy** provides a barrier of security between the public and Immich, and _only_ allows through requests **Immich Public Proxy** provides a barrier of security between the public and Immich, and _only_ allows through requests
which you have publicly shared. When it receives a valid request, it talks to Immich locally via API and returns only which you have publicly shared.
those shared images.
It does not require an API key which reduces the attack surface even further. The only things that the proxy It does this using the built-in sharing functionalty, so you don't need to make any changes to your sharing workflow.
can access are photos that you have made publicly available in Immich. It is stateless and does not know anything
about your Immich instance. It is stateless and does not know anything about your Immich instance. It does not require an API key which reduces the attack
surface even further. The only things that the proxy can access are photos that you have made publicly available in Immich.
### Features ### Features