Hello everyone!

I’m currently looking to self host some photos to get my girlfriend off of Google Photos. I’m wondering what has been good in your experience.

I never thought about self-hosting the before but a LTT video (I’m sorry) popped up in my feed and I got curious.

I looked into Ente.io and PhotoSync so far but unsure if there are any better options. Also saw that LibrePhotos exist but I haven’t looked into it yet.

What are you using? Have you had any issues? Missing features etc.?

  • Yoruio@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    +1 to immich

    However, because of the fast dev cycle, it has a lot of breaking changes, and needs regular maintenance (most notably for me, postgres docker changes. Especially if you are not giving it it’s own postgres instance and using their provided docker compose.)

    You could stay pegged to a single version, but the mobile app also doesn’t have full backwards compatibility with server versions, which results in a slew of other problems (how do I do a fresh install of an older app version on a new device?)

    But if you are willing to keep up and perform semi-regular maintenance, immich is great, and the rapid dev cycle means more new features faster!

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      23 days ago

      Luckily all of the changes so far have been super easy and quick, they’re very good about posting detailed info on what to change.

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      23 days ago

      Thank you! I will try Immich our and see how it feels, if it’s just quick fixes it shouldn’t be an issue. But if it’s too much I might just try out Ente 🙏

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      22 days ago

      Can you make immich so that when you click on the map, you get a grid of relevant photos rather than full size swipe?

      Can you make immich not show the stupid white lines around every country?

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      23 days ago

      This is a fair description.

      My parents like it, once every so often I update their docker and apps (on the same day). Its not always straight forward (I just mean you have to visit their github), but ez enough.

      Unfortunately my next choice (afaik) would be NextCloud … aaaand let’s leave it at that.

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      23 days ago

      I’m scared to these ‘breaking changes’ even though I’m not exactly a self hosting newbie. That’s because I don’t have a proper 3-2-1 backup and I’m afraid I might lose my photos or settings. I’ve been exploring of setting up immich through a homeserver management tool like runtipi that allows taking backups separately that can be reverted to, in case something goes wrong. Anyone aware of any negatives about that?

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      23 days ago

      how do I do a fresh install of an older app version on a new device?

      You can directly use the files from the github repo, just look for the release your server is on and install that apk.

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    23 days ago

    Everyone seems to love immich, but I found the rapid development cycle combined with the version incompatibilities annoying.

    Ente is seeming like a nice alternative so far and will hopefully be lower maintenance.

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      23 days ago

      I think Immich has grown out of the most difficult upgrades now. Most changes now are just removing lines from the stack.

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        23 days ago

        It wasn’t that the upgrades were hard so much as it felt like everytime I tried to open the app on my phone, it errored out because either it or the server needed to be upgraded and the versions weren’t compatible.

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    Immich! Am still testing it, but it seems to have most features I need, like an iOS client with automatic backups and even server side face recognition ( your server naturally)

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    23 days ago

    I use Photoprism, mainly because it seems stable so far, and it’s good enough for my needs

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    Definitely check this summary out: https://meichthys.github.io/foss_photo_libraries/. Everyone’s use case and priorities will be a little different, but I’d vote for Immich as a Google Photos replacement that looks nice and is very easy to use. I was awestruck by the facial and object recognition, which wasn’t even a feature I particularly cared about.

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    23 days ago

    Thank you all for the responses! I will take look into Immich and if maintenance is too much of a hassle I might try out Ente!

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    16 days ago

    I’m a noob, I started 2 months ago with immich and tailscale. Now I have an unraid server, it’s a slippery slope.

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    23 days ago

    Depending on what exactly you’re looking for, Photostructure might be a good option. It’s got a great UI for viewing photos, and it’s meant to play well with other Metadata software.