I have to warn you about Immich on one item: large file upload. Immich does not have chunk uploading, so if you are backing up a large video and you lose internet, the upload has to start all over. I found this out when my phone was trying to upload a 4k video that was about 10GB.
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frongt@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Just use Immich. It’s easy and apes Google Photos.
Ente is the other main option, but I never evaluated it because Immich worked so well.
univers3man@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 weeks ago I eventually set syncthing to do phone image and video backups. That kinda solved this issue.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Can you upload by any other means, or does it always require it’s own upload mechanism?
univers3man@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Like massive_bereavement said, I ended up using syncthing to sync my photos to Immich. As long as you point it at the Immich data folder, you can use Syncthing or ever regular file copying to get it there.
NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Just recently migrated from Ente to Immich. Immich is much nicer, more consistent, friendlier to self host, and less buggy in my experience so far.
Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Immich doesn’t have shared album option does it ?
ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
You can share albums with other users, or even with a public link.
Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yes but can someone else upload photos into your albums?
mereo@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
It does. My Immich installation is behind a reverse proxy, and I simply share the link to the albums with friends and family.
Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can they upload photos onto your server too?
BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
It does, and they work well.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Immich is the easiest self-hosted thing I’ve set up. It also might’ve been the first.