[nikolayasdf123]

> transcode...

I guess other important point is to store originals as well (or maybe even rendering originals directly). and also RAW format for audio video.

then comes question on handling 250GB+ videos and libraries for TBs sizes

Apple Photos rocks in all of the above. and it also works excellently offline.

to beat it you have to really solve those problems..

[radialapps]

Only the originals are stored. Transcoding is needed to play any video in browsers, e.g. HEVC isn't supported by most browsers. For this, Memories transcodes your video on the fly and streams it to the browser with HLS. RAW support for photos is easy and already supported, no idea about videos.

As far as "beating" Apple, I'm ready to bet that'll never happen (not just with this project but any really). A small open source project can't really compete with a $2T company