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Any good alternative for Google Photos? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking for a solution that satisfies:

  1. Open source, or partially open source.
  2. Have good privacy practice. Even better if I can get away from 5 Eyes or 9 Eyes.
  3. Have an application for Android that supports auto-sync.

Self-hosting is also an option, but I would prefer a lightweight setup. I checked Immich requirements, but it requires 2 CPU cores and 4 GB memory, which costs way too much if I want to host it on my AWS.

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[–] Aufschieber@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Synology Photo. Then you even have your own "cloud" storage at home.

[–] devdad@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely this. I run a home lab, six servers, and I use Synology Photos because it’s so much better than the self hosted alternatives.

[–] mercator_rejection@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Synology Photos support shared albums where any user can contribute photos?

[–] Aufschieber@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. But I have mixed experience with this. How well it works might depend heavily on your internet speed (up/down) and on the performance of the synology. Overall user experience is a lot slower than any other commercial service.

[–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the cool option. But I just checked, and it seems like there's no way I can set up a QuickConnect ID without a real Synology hardware. I'm a nomad so buying a physical Disk Station is not my preference.

[–] TerryMathews@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/61634-dsm-7x-loaders-and-platforms/

There really is nothing close to Google Photos outside of Synology. And it's not 100% in terms of search but it's getting there.

You can run the Synology software via a loader on commodity hardware or on a hosting platform provided the platform supports VMWare ESXi or the like.

[–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ente photos

[–] Decentralizr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ente is great! Using it since a month and really loving it

[–] ippokratis@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism

And

https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos

With

https://github.com/Radiokot/photoprism-android-client

And

https://github.com/savvasdalkitsis/uhuruphotos-android

Android clients

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud?

It's more like google.srive but with the gazillion plugins available I imagine you can make it do google photos too

[–] WebTheWitted@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I moved everything from Google photos to ente about a year ago. They have an importer that made things pretty easy. I set up my android phone to auto import too.

[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is also on my long term plan. Technical debt is a bitch.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You can self host immich on a device as small as a raspberry pi. Waveshare sells a CM4 board + enclosure + power supply for $36. You can get a 1tb 2242 nvme ssd for $99. And you can get a 4gb CM4 + 32gb emmc from adafruit for $65 (currently out of stock there, but you can keep an eye on rpilocator. some capable boards are available in Germany, but they're over $100). Not the cheapest setup, but if you're worried about power draw, spinning hard drives, and portability, this would be a way to do it. You could also just host NextCloud on it, but it might be a bit slow.

Waveshare board + enclosure: https://www.waveshare.com/cm4-io-base-c.htm?sku=23743

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Photoprism

[–] Shoresy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Immich is my personal favorite

[–] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Nextcloud.

[–] mertn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I just put all my photos on photoprism. I'm quite happy with that. self hosted at home.