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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +publishDate: 2024-12-13T12:00:00Z |
| 3 | +author: ildyria |
| 4 | +title: 'What is on the Santa Claus wish list?' |
| 5 | +excerpt: We discuss the future of Lychee. What is the vision for the project? What is next on the roadmap? |
| 6 | +image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1546188994-07c34f6e5e1b?q=80&w=3542&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D |
| 7 | +category: Release Notes |
| 8 | +tags: |
| 9 | + - lychee |
| 10 | + - blabla |
| 11 | + - Supporter Edition |
| 12 | +--- |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +It has been a long time since last post: the [initial release of Version 6](/2024-10-26-v6). |
| 15 | +Since then we have seen a few minor releases with the addition of a timeline view and a lot of bug fixing. |
| 16 | +We still have a few more to resolve but I wanted to take a moment to talk about the future of Lychee. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +At the moment we are only 2 in the team: [Martin Stone](https://github.com/d7415), the lead reviewer and [myself](https://github.com/ildyria), the main dev. |
| 19 | +As a result, due to being pretty much the sole developer, my vision for Lychee is pretty much the roadmap. |
| 20 | +That being said, I am also open to suggestions and ideas, and should you want to join our team on this journey, you will be welcomed with open arms. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +But let's get back to the subject. What is next for Lychee? What is the vision for the future of the project? |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +I see Lychee as a tool that can be used in multiple ways: |
| 25 | +- as a **Gallery**: a self-hosted alternative of Flickr, Immich and a few others. |
| 26 | +- as a **Pro Photographer**: a self-hosted alternative of pixieset. |
| 27 | +- as a **Content Creator**: a self-hosted alternative of Patreon. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +How do I plan to achieve this? Here is a list of things I would like to have in Lychee: |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- `Content Creator`: have a feed similar to a Patreon page. |
| 32 | + A post will be linked to an album. This will require the creation of a new page: *feed* where those will be displayed. |
| 33 | + However one notable difference with Patreon is that we do not plan to be multi-user support on that feature. |
| 34 | + In other words, the admin is the content creator. |
| 35 | +- `Content Creator`: automatically create posts when a new albums is created. |
| 36 | + As a potential continuation of the above, whenever a public album is created it could be included in the feed page. |
| 37 | + Note that those are just some ideas, nothing is set in stone. |
| 38 | +- `Pro Photographer`: have a basket to "buy" pictures. |
| 39 | + This will require a new page: *basket*. |
| 40 | + As a photographer I would like be able to sell my pictures, more easily without having to deal with. |
| 41 | +- `Photographer`: ability to "pick" pictures by clients. |
| 42 | +- `Photographer`: possibility to rate pictures (1 to 5 stars, not just mark as favourite). |
| 43 | +- `Automation`: possibility to upload an album as a Zip (a big part is already implemented, never merged). |
| 44 | +- `Automation`: possibility to auto rename some files given some (user defined/toggled?) rules. |
| 45 | +- `Automation`: set up a regular backup of the DB. |
| 46 | +- `AI`: Facial/Person recognition. |
| 47 | + While Lychee aims to be privacy preserving, this is often a highly thought for feature. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +In term of Quality of Life improvements that are needed in Lychee: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- `Must have`: User Groups. |
| 52 | +- `Must have`: Permission propagations. |
| 53 | +- `Must have`: Mass sharing v4 like in a single page. |
| 54 | +- `Must have`: Refactoring settings to have ability to order category and options and most likely a new layout. |
| 55 | +- `Mobile UI`: Allow multiple photo selection. |
| 56 | +- `Tags`: Refactor the complete tag system to be more flexible (including tag albums). |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +With regard to security, I would like to see the following improvements: |
| 59 | +- Photo storage at rest encrypted (this will need a big warning sign because if the key is lost bye bye data). |
| 60 | + However the implementation may require some smart ideas... E.g. where do we decrypt? |
| 61 | +- Password locked albums even when logged in. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +But even though I there are still so many things to had, one thing that I really want to keep is the simplicity. |
| 64 | +While we do have a lot of configuration items to allow for personalizations, |
| 65 | +Lychee should remain easy to use and simple to configure. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +I hope you are as excited as I am for the future of Lychee. |
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