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v2.0.0: Stable Release of Immich (complete with Merch and DVD) (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/foss@beehaw.org/t/1225798

After: ~1,337 days, 271 releases, 78,000 stars on GitHub, 1,558 contributors, 31,500 members on Discord, 36,000 members on Reddit, 68 languages on Weblate, Surviving the controversial announcement about joining FUTO, Having overwhelming success and support from the community with the product keys model, Launching the Merch store, Attending our first FOSDEM, ...and before the release of GTA VI We are thrilled to announce the stable release of Immich! ๐ŸŽ‰

I'm really excited about such a large project adopting semver! I never got the trend for software without a need for rapid release cycles adopting purely time-based version numbers.

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[โ€“] 71 points 1 year ago (15 children)

We aim to introduce additional paid services (not paywalled features, as we will never implement paywalled features), which will help support the project and that enhance self-hosting, making it easier and more reliable. First among the many services already planned is an end-to-end encrypted, off-site backup and restore feature, built directly into Immich. This will enable a buddy backup feature as well.

I love this.

Free features, but offering actual useful services for self-hosters (encrypted cloud backup). Great business model for a project like this.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Having their own flagship instance, like Ente, would go a long way toward providing funding. I bet Ente is making a whole lot more money.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    They said they will do that in a FUTO video I can't find right now.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Cool!

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Meanwhile you can check out https://pixelunion.eu/

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oh that's cool too but I was talking about supporting the project.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah I know, I agree as well. I was just sharing a curiosity as they are already offering a managed immich service.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What is the difference between a paid service and a paywalled service in this case?

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago

    A paid service is something that is going to have running costs on the side of the provider. E.g. the cloud backup means they need to buy/rent storage space. If they were to do something like a service for remote machine-learning (for people that do not have the hardware to properly do that) that would be a running cost of renting gpu-time.

    A paywall is a feature that would work perfectly fine without any external factors, but its blocked because you didn't pay.

    Some nuance is needed of course. Often a paid service could be self-hosted (thats why I love being able to self-host the machine learning in immich, with a different design choice that could've totally been a paid service).

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