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Immich v1.109.1 released with optional paid license

Welcome to version v1.109.0 of Immich. This release introduces an additional way for you to support Immich financially as well as bug fixes for various issues. Some of the highlights in this release include:

  • Immich licenses (and buy.immich.app)
  • “My Immich” url forwarder (my.immich.app)
  • Notable fix: Generate thumbnail for iOS18 HEIC
  • Notable fix: Generate Motion Photos for Pixel 6, 7, and 8

Immich license pricing is $25 per user or $99 per server for a lifetime license.

cron OP ,

For me, the license stuff is odd. They offer a license model with two tiers (user / server), yet the license seems to do nothing (except showing a little badge). Also, it is a one time payment which will likely not be substantial in the future.

Why not create a “supporter” tier for maybe $2 per month or so, this would bring some recurring income without the fears of paywalling the product.

aksdb ,

They already accept donations as a means of continuous support. So I guess this is now just another channel for people who prefer buying a license over using github donations.

Edit: oh I just realized they stopped donations with the restructuring. Ok, that’s weird then.

helenslunch ,
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Ok, that’s weird then.

FUTO’s goal is to change FOSS culture. Away from “donations” and towards “payment”, to make development sustainable.

ChilledPeppers ,

This is basically the doing of the futo non profit, they ate testing out if open source software can be profittable.

Louis Rossmann has a lot of videos about them (he works for them)

From what I get, you can just use it for free, but they don’t say it is free to compell more people to buy it.

Inui , (edited )

They have always planned to have continual revenue by offering their own hosting services similar to paid google photos after Immich goes stable. This is just another odd way of doing donations that Futo uses for stuff like Greyjay.

d_k_bo ,

Declaring the use without a paid license as “Unlicensed” is very misleading since the project is also licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.0.

possiblylinux127 ,

That’s FUTO for you

SeeJayEmm ,
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Is feel a lot better about this if it was a “supporter” tag not this “unlicensed” crap.

possiblylinux127 ,

They should just have you pay to have your name listed on the list of supporters

paradox2011 , (edited )

I was really looking forward to them opening a compensation option as I got in after they had taken down donation links, but this is all a bit weird. There is some good discussion happening on the github announcement page. I’ll probably hold at version 1.108 for awhile until the dust settles.

I’ve gone through quite a few FUTO videos since they started sponsoring Immich, and it seems like the issue is that they are essentially an organization of engineers that don’t have a strong background in the legalese of licensing (thus the lack of attention to the wording of the original FUTO temporary license). Their intentions and goals are solid from my perspective and the software they promote is fantastic, but it feels very much like an org run by idealistic engineers without much of a PR presence. The best PR they have is Louis Rossman, take that as you will 😄

All that being said, I have paid for a few of their other pieces of software that are single user. The part I’m not overly fond of is that it seems to be a payment for each individual user, and not a payment to be able to run the server itself. I’m sure there is rational behind it, but it just feels like this whole licensing element isn’t fully baked yet.

traches ,

There is absolutely an option to pay for the server itself, the per user option is so that it’s cheaper if you have fewer than 4. I haven’t seen anything yet about transitioning from a user license to a server license

helenslunch ,
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Immich license pricing is $25 per user or $99 per server for a lifetime license.

What if I already gave them >$100?

traches , (edited )

I’ll repeat here what I said on discord:

I’m no fan of stallman, but I like his quote: “I’m happy to pay for good software so long as it’s free”.

It’s important to remember that anyone with the skill to work on this project could earn a pretty good living elsewhere. We can debate the terminology, but at the end of the day devs gotta eat.

Personally, so long as it stays on the GPL they can call us “god-kings” and “filthy peasants” for all I care

Important bits that came up in the discord and I haven’t seen here:

  • User license is only there to make it cheaper for small instances.No word I’ve seen on transitioning from a user license to a server license down the road. Looks like you can switch by contacting them, and they have plans to do it automatically in the future.
  • It looks like enforcement is basically nonexistent. You could activate multiple servers with one license, or just flip a value in the db yourself
  • The reason they aren’t using “supporter” or “contributor” is because they don’t want it to sound like charity. It’s a transaction.
possiblylinux127 ,

Immich is free software. That means anyone can fork and maintain the code and they have the same rights as everyone. Trying to squeeze money out of people is slimy. They should either stay a community project and ask for donations to fund it (paid versions count as donations as long as there isn’t extra exclusive features implemented in non libre code) or they could start a company that sell backups and support.

possiblylinux127 ,

I can’t say I support FUTO but if they are looking to drive development I am all for it

anon_8675309 ,

I wanted to like immich but I hate the way it imports images and creates its own structure.

traches ,

It’s had an external library feature for awhile now

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