Google Photos Alternative Immich Gets First Stable Release
Immich, the self-centered alternative to Google photos, iCloud photos and other similar services, is now officially stable. The project has just reached its V2.0 version and is now intended for anyone to try without a significant risk of bugs and stability problems.
In the future, Immich adopts semantic versioning, which means that future major versions (such as V3.0.0) will contain changes in rupture, while minor versions (such as v2.1.0) should be safe for automatic update, which makes life much easier. In addition, any V2.xx version of the mobile application will be fully compatible with any V2.xx version of the server, which is excellent for keeping things gently.
The team has not only reversed a switch for V2.0.0; He was also busy making general improvements to the quality of life. The website offers a new look, rewritten with the team of the team’s user interface components and includes a new blog. The company has also updated the API documentation, which now has more details on things such as authentication, as well as a palette of practical commands for fast navigation. If you like to check the statistics, community measures on the data site have been updated to display the growth of members on the Discord and Reddit.
In terms of real improvements in functionalities in the stable version, there are great improvements to the experience of the mobile application. You now get a download progression indicator, which is a small detail but very useful. On the Android side, the team brought back the configurable backup settings, allowing you to choose options such as backup only during the load or after a minimum of time, which gives you much more control.
The customer side has also been improved to be a competitor, which means that it is now much faster and mainly limited by the speed with which your phone can read the files. It’s great because it will make the initial backups feel much more snapp. Some stubborn bugs have also been corrected, such as the “icy” mobile application with vignettes that did not take care of, which I cannot honestly believe how frustrating it should be for people with large libraries. Another big fix was freezing the web application after using a modal, which is a big victory for conviviality.
For the future, the team plans to complete several roadmap articles before the end of the year, including the self-employment of shine photos and the complete parity of the functionalities between web and mobile applications. The emphasis is also placed on improving the battery support, the best sharing and the general improvements of the property.
One of the most interesting future plans is the introduction of additional paid services. The first on the list is a safe -to -end, off -site, safe -to -end backup and restoration function, which will even support a “Buddy Backup” feature. This could change the situation for self-historys who are still worried about the 3-2-1 backup strategy (two local copies and an off-site).
The most intriguing part of all of this was the celebration plan to hit V2.0.0. The team makes a stable physical immich on a DVD. The disc is delivered with an fully amorçable Immich instance and a selection of organized photos of the team. You can catch it (and a product key to supporting development) from the Merch update store, which also has new retro style conceptions.
You can download the version on Github.
Source: Immich releases, Immich discussions
