> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kombify.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Use cases
> End-to-end lifecycle guides for what you actually run on your StackKit
Everything else in these docs is organized by tool or by decision. Use cases are organized by outcome — the thing you're actually trying to run, followed from the day you decide you want it to the day you might turn it off.
## Use-case guide vs. service guide
A [service guide](https://docs.kombify.io/guides/stackkits/services/immich) (like the Immich guide) tells you how to run one tool: where it lives, how to open it, what to check after setup.
A use-case guide follows one intent — "store my family's photos somewhere I own," for example — across its whole life. It strings together the how-to and service guides you'd actually hit along the way, in the order you'd hit them, instead of leaving you to figure out which service guide applies at which stage.
## The lifecycle model
Every use-case guide on this site walks through the same five phases:
| Phase | What it covers |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Decide** | Why you want this, and which kit, placement, and plan fit how you'll run it |
| **Set up** | Getting a working app live: rollout, first owner login, adding the people who'll use it |
| **Live with it** | Day-to-day use, finding help, staying updated, working through the odd hiccup |
| **Protect** | Keeping backups in place so a bad day doesn't mean losing everything |
| **Move or leave** | Changing exposure, moving hardware, pausing it, or deleting it for good |
Haven't picked a kit yet? Start with [choosing a kit](https://docs.kombify.io/guides/stackkits/choosing-a-kit) — the use-case guides below assume you already have, or are about to have, one running.
## Use cases
This catalog starts with one use case and grows from here.
Run your family's own photo cloud with Immich, from first decision to everyday use.