Release Channels

PicPeak offers two release channels for different needs.

Stable (recommended)

• Production-ready releases.
• Thoroughly tested before publication.
• Docker tags: stable, latest, or a specific version like v2.3.0.

Beta

• Early access to new features.
• May contain bugs or incomplete functionality.
• Docker tags: beta, or a specific version like v2.3.0-beta.1.

Configuring your channel

Set PICPEAK_CHANNEL in your .env:

# Stable (default)
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=stable

# Beta
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=beta

# Pin to a specific version
PICPEAK_CHANNEL=v2.3.0

The production compose file uses this variable for both images:

image: ghcr.io/the-luap/picpeak/backend:${PICPEAK_CHANNEL:-stable}

Switching channels

# Edit .env and change PICPEAK_CHANNEL
nano .env
 
# Pull new images and restart
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d

Update notifications

The admin dashboard checks GitHub releases hourly (cached to avoid rate limits) and notifies you when updates are available for your channel.

To disable update checks:

UPDATE_CHECK_ENABLED=false