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# Introduction
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<img src={require('./img/feature-panel.png').default} alt="Immich - Self-hosted photos and videos backup tool" />
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## Welcome!
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Hello, I am glad you are here.
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My name is Alex. I am an Electrical Engineer by schooling, then turned into a Software Engineer by trade and the pure love of problem solving.
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We were lying in bed with our newborn, and my wife said, "We are starting to accumulate a lot of photos and videos of our baby, and I don't want to pay for **_App-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named_** anymore. You always want to build something for me, so why don't you build me an app which can do that?"
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That was how the idea started to grow in my head. After that, I began to find existing solutions in the self-hosting space with similar backup functionality and the performance level of the **_App-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named_**. I found that the current solutions mainly focus on the gallery-type application. However, I want a simple-to-use backup tool with a native mobile app that can view photos and videos efficiently. So I set sail on this journey as a hungry engineer on the hunt.
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Another motivation that pushed me to deliver my execution of the **_App-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named_** alternative or replacement is for contributing back to the open source community that I have greatly benefited from over the years.
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I'm proud to share this creation with you, which values privacy, memories, and the joy of looking back at those moments in an easy-to-use and friendly interface.
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If you like the application or it helps you in some way, please consider [supporting](./support-the-project.md) the project. It will help me to continue to develop and maintain the application.
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