Like I said, if you follow the dockerfiles you will end up with a similar result on bare metal.

It’s your own decision if you want to deviate from what the developers want to support.

A project doesn’t need to produce binary releases.

No one is forcing you to use containers for Immich. It’s simply the most robust way to support it for the team.

You can just take a look at the dockerfiles and follow those steps on bare metal.