The open-source platform Immich, designed for self-hosted photo and video management, has reached version 3.4. The project, which has been in development since early 2022, is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 via GitHub. It supports local storage and allows multiple user accounts across PC, web, Android, and iOS interfaces.
The 3.4 update introduces support for the JPEG XL image format, enabling efficient compression. Developers have implemented 16 security patches and resolved 76 bugs. Enhancements include improved OCR-based workflows, which now allow for the automatic sorting of images based on recognized text, such as moving scanned receipts to specific albums.
Mobile application updates include tag management, smoother timeline scrolling, and corrected rendering for 10-bit HEIC and AVIF files on iOS. The update also addresses stability issues, such as application launch failures during offline periods and incorrect file deletion behavior.
System performance and security have been bolstered through optimized database indexing and reduced memory consumption for RKNN-based machine learning models. Security measures now restrict access to album participant data via shared links and require upload permissions for duplicate detection. Backup processes now feature parallel scanning via Restic.
