Finding a private self hosted Google Photos alternative that doesn’t profit from my photos

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• kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  TL;dr:

  • PhotoPrism: Local AI with strong privacy but heavier setup.
  • LibrePhotos: Same, but less polished, more community-built.
  • Immich: Best self-hosted Google Photos alternative.
  • Ente Photos: E2E encrypted, low-maintenance, most “plug and play”

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  • ada@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Immich’s AI search is so much better than PhotoPrism

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    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      It’s even better than Google’s in some regards.

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  • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Apart from me maybe thinking immich should have built in backup tools, I’ve very much found it met my needs.

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• phanto@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have a docker compose immich that I somehow managed to kill fourteen minutes after convincing my wife to switch to it.

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  • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, I’ve killed mine a couple times. Usually it’s because I didn’t keep it updated and jumped too far ahead too quickly. Rolling it back and walking it forward fixed it for me once, another time there was something I was supposed to run first and I didn’t read the release notes (that one was a really long time ago though).

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  • Luckyfriend222@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Welcom to the world of self-hosting :-D

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• suzune@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I tried Photoprism, Ente and Immich.

  Immich is by far the best. It has got an app that really does what it should do, has an AI that actually works and is easy to host and to update.

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• unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anyone with Nextcloud Memories setup? I’ve read it’s the only one that still respects a sane files and folders setup, whereas the other options basically force you to forever use their database-based system and files are terribly organized, so you are forced to use their interface.

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  • feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I have it and immich set up. Nextcloud memories is fine, but for me the auto upload would randomly stop at some points. Overall ux with immich is better, but memories gets the job done.

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    • exu@feditown.com ⁨56⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I use FolderSync to push my photos to Nextcloud. Much more reliable than their app

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  • JASN_DE@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    whereas the other options basically force you to forever use their database-based system and files are terribly organized, so you are forced to use their interface.

    Immich has a “storage templates” section which allows you to choose a folder structure that it will use to store the files in.

    Or go the other way and include your folders as external libraries.

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    • rotkehle@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “external library” is the way

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  • Samsy@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Since I would recommend everyone 3-2-1. I have both a good structured photobackup AND immich.

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  • Routhinator@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is my preferred solution.

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  • Zenlix@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have one setup. The setup was abit clunky since cli work is required. But after that I had a great experience.

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  • sk@utsukta.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    @unknowing8343 yes, i've been using Memories app to tag and organize my photos and it has been running smoothly. no complaints whatsoever.

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• vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wow these all sound so much better than Proton’s photo backup. In the words of @mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud , it’s pants.

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  • illusionist@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Proton reinventing the wheel is so stupid.

    They should use what’s out there and improve it. Like including simplelogin. They should use immich, make it private, and include it in their setup. They even suck for calendar. You can’t integrate it anywhere. Integrating email is difficult as well. They want to become the next tech silo. I am somewhat stuck with them for now but I may move to tuta if I can

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    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Honestly I would be ok with then being the next tech silo. If they just actually did a good job more often.

      They perpetually suffer from 6 outta 10 syndrome.

      They are good enough to use, better then most alternatives, but just suck enough that I’m always disappointed but not angry.

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• wiccan2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Another vote for immich here, works great and let’s me shade albums with other accounts on my server.

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• 123213217362131231@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m super happy with self hosted Ente. It was really simple to setup, mobile app is perfect and local ML works great. I can recommend!

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  • 123213217362131231@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Plus thanks to built in replication, my photos are securely stored in three diferent places

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• randombullet@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I selfhost immich in a netcup VPS. They have a 2tb VM for about 22 euros a month via a black Friday sale

  I’m on a 1tb arm plan for about 10 euros a month.

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