๐ŸŽ† Immich recap for 2023 with accomplished milestones and vision for the future ๐ŸŽ† reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-12 22:41 Repo URL: [https://github.com/immich- app/immich](https://github.com/immich-app/immich) Website: [https://immich.app](https://immich.app) โ€‹ Hi everyone, Alex from Immich here. We are entering the last few weeks of 2023, and it has been quite a year for Immich. The project has grown so much in terms of users, developers, features, maturity, and the community around it. When I started working on Immich, it was simply a challenge for myself and an opportunity to learn new technologies, crafting something fun and useful for my wife during my free time to satisfy my urge to build and create things. I never thought it would become so popular and help so many people. At the end of the day, all we have is memory. I am proud that the team and I have created something to make storing and viewing those precious memories easier without restrictions and without sacrificing our privacy. As the year closes, hereโ€™s a recap of everything the project accomplished in 2023. Milestones * Public shared links * Favorites page * Immich turned 1 * Material Design 3 on the mobile app * Auto-link LivePhotos server-side * iOS background backup * Explore page * CLIP search * Search by metadata * Responsive web app * Archive page * Asset descriptions * 10,000 stars on GitHub * Manage auth devices * Map view * Facial recognition, clustering, searching, renaming, and person management * Partner sharing and unifying timeline between partners' users * Custom storage label * XMP sidecar reading * RAW file formats * Justified layout on the web * Memories * Multi-select via SHIFT * Android Motion Photos * 360ยฐ Photos * Album description * Album performance improvements (time buckets) * Video hardware transcoding * Slideshow mode on the web * Configuration file * External libraries * Trash page * Custom theme * Asset Stacking * 20,000 stars on GitHub * Shared album activity and comments * CLI v2 * Down to 5 containers (from 8) Fun Statistics * We have gone from the release version \`1.41.0\` to \`1.90.0\` at the time of writing. On average, we see a release every 7 days. * According to GitHub's metrics, the \`immich-server\` container image has been pulled almost \_4 million\_ times. * According to mobile app store metrics, we have 22,000 installations on Android and 6700 installation units on iOS (opt-in only). * Immich is making around $1200/month on average from [donations](https://github.com/sponsors/immich-app). (Thank you all so much!) * We were guests on two podcasts: 1. [Self-hosted](https://selfhosted.show/110) 2. [The Vergecast](https://www.theverge.com/23938533/self-hosting- local-first-software-vergecast) * There are over 4,500 members on the Discord server. * We have over 22,000 stars on the main GitHub repository, gaining 15,000 stars since January 2023. Diving into the next year, the team will continue to build on the foundation we have laid out over the past year, implementing more advanced features for searching, organizing, and sharing between users. Bugs will continue to be squashed and conquered. โ€œShit Alex wrote'' code will continue to be replaced by beautiful, clean code from Jason, Zack, Boet, Daniel, Osorin, Mert, Fynn, Marty, Martin, and Jonathan. The team has my eternal gratitude for creating a welcoming environment for new contributors, helping, teaching, and learning from each other. Iโ€™ve realized that hardly a day has gone by where the team hasnโ€™t been in communication about Immich related topics over the past year. My long-term goal is to help hone Immich into a diamond in the FOSS space, where the UI, UX, development experiences, documentation, and quality are at a high standard while remaining free for everybody to use. I hope you enjoy Immich and have a happy and peaceful holiday. โ€‹ Alex and the Immich Team Cheers! ๐ŸŽ†๐ŸŽ† ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SpongederpSquarefap ยท 2023-12-12 22:44 The progress this has seen over the last year has been absolutely staggering The communication from you guys is better than I've seen from paid services too Absolutely loving Immich - excited to see what comes in 2024! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- clintkev251 ยท 2023-12-12 22:46 Thanks to you and all the other contributors of the project. It's an absolutely fantastic application and one of my very favorite self- hosted things. Keep up the great work ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kaphwor ยท 2023-12-12 22:55 Immich has become one of my favorite and recommended self-hosted applications. You guys are doing an amazing job - congratulations to all the team! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RagnarRipper ยท 2023-12-12 23:07 I abolutely love Immich and it's usually my first response in "what app can you not believe is free" threads. I can't currently, but definitely look forward to donating at some point, since Immich is currently the cornerstone of our family's digital photo library (with google photos being the "if everything explodes" backup, since compressed images are still better than none at all. Thank you all for this truly great work. Can't wait for what's to come! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd1561 ยท 2023-12-12 23:10 Iโ€™d say Immich has become my most used self-hosted app. Excellent job by everyone involved. Keep up the fantastic work! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tech2but1 ยท 2023-12-12 23:10 Thank you Alex and the Immich team. Definitely one of the best ... everything's! The response to issues, the announcements and development, the whole thing is how programs should be released/handled. Thank you again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Earthborn92 ยท 2023-12-12 23:21 Cheers Alex, this has to be the best thing I've introduced to my family since Plex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adamshand ยท 2023-12-12 23:45 Thanks for initiating such an awesome project and team effort! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kir-01 ยท 2023-12-12 23:52 Thanks to you! This project is amazing. I hope to be able to contribute to it in the future! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -eschguy- ยท 2023-12-12 23:58 Finally spun this up a month or so ago and am pissed it took me so long. Such a great app and it just keeps getting better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vesikk ยท 2023-12-13 00:28 Thank you very much for the continued development of this great software! For a while I've been watching the development but finally jumped on a few months ago after my Wife has been annoyed that her Google storage was getting full (she wanted original quality photos and videos). We initially tested Synology Photos but the app was clunky and we weren't happy with it overall. Immich has been amazing and each new update always has new features! We are over to 21,000 photos/videos (Mainly my wife, I'm yet to export my Google Photos) and it's still very fast. I'm now at the stage where I might need to setup an Immich account for my Mum because her Google Photos storage is at 85% Thank you once again Immich Team! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- accountabillibudy ยท 2023-12-13 00:31 Ok now I'm excited, I just started my server in July after wanting one forever. I was playing around with Nextcloud the other day and trying to replace Google Photos not feeling satisfied. Now this beautiful thing appears to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LukeLC ยท 2023-12-13 00:33 That's an amazing list! I've had my eye on Immich for a while since I'm not really satisfied with anything else since Google started slowly killing Photos. Sounds like it's about time I spun up a server! Thanks for an amazing tool! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LukeLC ยท 2023-12-13 00:34 > mental issues list I know what you mean here, but I still lol'd ๐Ÿ˜† ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MeYaj1111 ยท 2023-12-13 00:49 Huggeee thank you and props to Alex, bo0tzz and the entire list of contributors to this incredible project. You're all legends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheRyGuy994 ยท 2023-12-13 01:14 Immich is a huge reason I started to get into making my own program to self host. I hope everyone takes note of Immich and the standard and power itโ€™s set into users hands! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BackgroundAmoebaNine ยท 2023-12-13 01:14 I have not tried this yet but I assure you itโ€™s been on my to do list for when I have time. Iโ€™m putting out a few fires I have made for myself as I started the self-hosting journey long ago. After that , itโ€™s Immich time! Proud of you guys! Heck maybe Iโ€™ll just make this the fire I put out for myself tonight lol ๐Ÿ˜†! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEPwntriots ยท 2023-12-13 02:13 Really great app! But just change the logo font guys, it looks like Comic Sans ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Venusn99 ยท 2023-12-13 02:22 Guys!! Which is better in terms of face recognition? Immich or photoprism? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Venusn99 ยท 2023-12-13 02:27 Same here.. there is no selfhosted app coming close to Google photos atleast in face recognition.. still searching The Samsung's gallery app is equivalent in face recognition in Android.. it won't recognise faces from network storage :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- samaritan1331_ ยท 2023-12-13 02:29 Great app. Perfect replacement for GPhotos. Are plans on supporting dynamic material you theming? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-13 02:44 Thank you! The font is better than Comic Sans, it has a heart shape at the start and end of every stroke ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MrPresident696969 ยท 2023-12-13 03:04 Amazing project. Next step, make sure we can upload more then 100mbs videos ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kr00gZ ยท 2023-12-13 03:08 Implementing Immich is my holiday task. Congratulations on being such awesome dudes with an awesome project! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-13 03:22 I assume you are using a reverse proxy, which you must have the correct setting to upload large files, as noted here ;) https://immich.app/docs/administration/reverse-proxy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MrPresident696969 ยท 2023-12-13 03:38 Yeah no, and also no ;) It's not working from Android, a great project but the people are mean, posted about it multiple times all I get cynical and mean responses from the team. Maybe they will fix it, I'm still supporting the project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-13 03:47 Can you link the issue? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- t_mac-003 ยท 2023-12-13 04:16 Can you elaborate more on this: โ€œโ€ฆ since Google started slowly killing Photos.โ€ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LukeLC ยท 2023-12-13 04:28 Not in the "killed by Google" sense. I just mean how it's gradually lost value as a service. I'm not against paying, either, but Google One's pricing makes no sense for me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- White_sh ยท 2023-12-13 04:36 Doesn't support object storage like AWS S3, so I don't use it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ruuutherford ยท 2023-12-13 04:45 truly a helluva year! This project will go to the moon and back, I'm sure of it. Thank you Alex and team for all your contributions to open source, privacy, functionality, and beauty. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- t_mac-003 ยท 2023-12-13 04:47 I see what you mean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- keinam ยท 2023-12-13 04:58 Thank you so much!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dismal-Plankton4469 ยท 2023-12-13 05:04 Started using immich this year and some of my family members have already started using phrases like โ€œhave you immiched todayโ€™s photos yet?โ€ Thank you so much for immich! Hope you guys have the best years ahead. Love. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- greyduk ยท 2023-12-13 05:06 We're still in peak sticker times... you guys should be selling stickers. My water bottle has some spare room... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snuupy ยท 2023-12-13 05:07 Some of my family members take way too many photos and videos and their phone storage is full of old captures. Can the autodelete function development priority be moved up please? Thanks. Love the app/entire stack. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gmag11 ยท 2023-12-13 05:57 Hi Alex. Thank you so much for such a superb piece of software. It's impressive to see what a personal project has become. I'd like to say that donation may be just one buck a month. So for those that are thinking to donate at some point, start donating now. I hope that this may become your main income in the next future. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalearnhardtseatbelt ยท 2023-12-13 06:14 Hey Alex and team. I have been loving immich for a long time. I'm finally migrating my gf to my instance from photoprism. One of the easiest GitHub donations I've ever done. Happy holidays! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MainstreamedDog ยท 2023-12-13 06:20 I just need folder creation for external libraries, then I will finally switch to Immich fully. Dear Santa, please! ๐ŸŽ… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- arjunbj ยท 2023-12-13 06:54 Huge thanks and hats off to you guys. Your dedication to the project is awesome. It's so amazing that within a year you have taken the project to the level where it challenges Google photos on all its features is just fantastic! Requesting you to keep at it. Sending you guys a special Christmas donation ๐Ÿ˜€ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Only_CORE ยท 2023-12-13 07:26 I would love to see a page for Nginx Proxy manager settings. For someone just starting and learning the nginx config seems very complicated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaphasilor ยท 2023-12-13 08:34 Face recognition in Immich is actually incredibly good, I'm often blown away by what it manages to recognize. What it does struggle with is grouping person's faces at different ages (child, youth, adult), but you can manually fix that if needed... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gh057k33p3r ยท 2023-12-13 08:36 Thanks for your hard work! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- send_me_a_naked_pic ยท 2023-12-13 08:46 I'm building my homelab right now and I can't wait to try Immich! I've following the project since its inception and soon I'll finally be able to try it, can't wait! Keep up the good work! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- herrjonk ยท 2023-12-13 09:22 $1200 is just so low honestly! You deserve a lot more. Encouraging everyone to donate to devs you like, I've done so with liberapay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Asmilex ยท 2023-12-13 09:56 I absolutely love Immich. Thank you all for your hard work <3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- chignole ยท 2023-12-13 10:15 The progress over the past releases has been incredible. I use Immich has a google photo replacement, and it has not failed me so far, thanks all for this great project and have nice holidays ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4f1sh3r ยท 2023-12-13 11:36 Really amazing software! Thanks Alex and team for your endless effort! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snoo53903 ยท 2023-12-13 12:05 Looking forward Immich integration with N8N SOMEDAY ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Acceptable-Jump-8332 ยท 2023-12-13 12:47 Thank you for all that you do. Immich is amazing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Venusn99 ยท 2023-12-13 14:29 Have your tried photoprism ? If yes, how do you compare? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- noneabove1182 ยท 2023-12-13 15:05 been using this for months and absolutely love it so much, figured it's finally time i start donating Thank you for all your amazing work and responsiveness, it's crazy how perfect this platform is from such a small dedicated team. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just-A-City-Boy ยท 2023-12-13 15:15 Ohhh, now I see it. The font logo always reminded me of bones for some reason, lol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legion92a ยท 2023-12-13 16:01 Immich was the most pleasant discovery I have made in these last years. A solution that "just works" that I have been lucky to follow since almost the very beginning. When I needed help you guys immediately jumped (on Discord) to guide me into the solving process. Amazing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unicorn9x ยท 2023-12-13 16:01 Good job bro! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- poisonborz ยท 2023-12-13 16:34 Can you estimate when the team will fork the code to turn it into a paid subscription-based service, while the original slowly rots away? Just kidding (I hope), congratulations, not many project achieved such a status in such a short time! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- useless_mlungu ยท 2023-12-13 16:47 When you use an app/product name as a verb, you know it's reached maximum customer penetration! Lol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-13 16:53 I don't plan to make Immich's features behinds any paywall. In the far future, we might offer additional hosting services. But the Immich itself will always remain free to use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Muffin_plop ยท 2023-12-13 16:56 Donate to this team! They work so hard! Thank you for all that you do. Your software has helped many peoples lives. Excellent work. I appreciate everything you do and will continue to donate when I can. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- knpwrs ยท 2023-12-13 17:03 More like Papyrus tbh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- djdadi ยท 2023-12-13 17:59 What's the go-to place for info on breaking changes and how to backup or upgrade? These look awesome but have been hesitant to upgrade as of late. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bo0tzz ยท 2023-12-13 18:11 The release notes (https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases) are always the place to look. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DanGarion ยท 2023-12-13 18:45 I've liked the enhancements to the face-matching stuff lately... Still some issues with things making it difficult to find the same faces when you move page to page but it is getting easier each time there is a release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GrapeYourMouth ยท 2023-12-13 19:23 Keep up the stellar work. Love the app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RydRychards ยท 2023-12-13 21:20 Hi,thank you for all your work! I am about to start with immich and I have a question regarding Cuda: is that something that's around the corner or should I not count on it? You said on github you'd focus on typeserver first and since that is done I was wondering whether it makes sense for me to wait a bit as the initial scan would otherwise be pretty slow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fscheps ยท 2023-12-13 21:49 Congrats guys! I learned about this project a few weeks ago, and I am impressed with the progress! Lets keep it on! ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kisuna97 ยท 2023-12-14 04:32 Immich was the sole reason I had a home server setup. It's been great! Looking forward to the journey immich will take ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mirisbowring ยท 2023-12-14 06:10 The Facial Recognition in Photoprism is worse. Was using Photoprism for some years until i switched to immich this summer. I always had those moments in Photoprism where i could not find a photo of me even if i knew it was there and i was directly staring into the camera. Immich detected everything flawlessly (with some exceptions). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- arroadie ยท 2023-12-14 06:18 Wonder if there are plans to introduce support for a storage backend (like S3) for files stored ---------------------------------------------------------------------- altran1502 ยท 2023-12-14 14:23 Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- floco08 ยท 2023-12-15 13:53 Immich is simply the best. Well done to all contributors for the amazing work this year :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fscheps ยท 2023-12-15 20:36 Immich seems to be the only comprehensive solution that is covering most of the points [I gathered on this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ selfhosted/comments/183wg5z/looking_for_a_google_photos_replacement_th is_is/) about what would be in my view, the best Gallery platform. Thank you for working so hard on this project! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pheggas ยท 2023-12-20 08:12 I've fully started using Immich from around the v1.60 and over the year, i've been even annoyed how frequently those releases were published. The pure pace and ideology of this project is insanely awesome and i'm in love. Keep the good work! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- janabananahavana ยท 2023-12-29 11:36 great work guys, thank you!