If you’re interested in a self-hosted alternative, I can highly recommend immich. The UI is clean and fast (relative to Photoprism), has android and iOS apps, auto phone->server uploading, sharable albums, and more features. I don’t know anyone that has been disappointed after switching, and I see why
The biggest pain if you want to set it up is starting your home server if you don’t already have one. Otherwise I found setting up immich itself on a server pretty easy
The only problem with Immich is that it’s a fascism-supporting FUTO project. It’s excellent software, but don’t give them your money, because they’ll send it to fascists.
2nd this. Have it on a NAS box and the biggest task was just download and re uploading to Immich. Once on I find the UI pleasant and the face tagging is a nice touch.
Yo for years I had that stupid fucking Google warning about running out of space and got so sick and tired of it, now I get kinda giddy when I see “150gb/6tb used”
I love Ente, you can have 5 people spread across so it works out cheaper too. So in reality it’s like £2/person/month for ~200GB or £1 each for 40GB each.
Ugh it’s going to be a pain to stop using Google, but it’s time. Long gone are the days of “don’t be evil”
If you’re interested in a self-hosted alternative, I can highly recommend immich. The UI is clean and fast (relative to Photoprism), has android and iOS apps, auto phone->server uploading, sharable albums, and more features. I don’t know anyone that has been disappointed after switching, and I see why
The biggest pain if you want to set it up is starting your home server if you don’t already have one. Otherwise I found setting up immich itself on a server pretty easy
The only problem with Immich is that it’s a fascism-supporting FUTO project. It’s excellent software, but don’t give them your money, because they’ll send it to fascists.
https://drewdevault.com/blog/Whats-up-with-FUTO/
Also, use Google takeout and the helper to keep meta and exif data intact, it will take hours and hours to run but it does a perfect job!
https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper
2nd this. Have it on a NAS box and the biggest task was just download and re uploading to Immich. Once on I find the UI pleasant and the face tagging is a nice touch.
Yo for years I had that stupid fucking Google warning about running out of space and got so sick and tired of it, now I get kinda giddy when I see “150gb/6tb used”
Ente worked for me. More pricey, yes. But you do not pay with your data… Also e2e encrypted, good family plans and sharing works good.
And one of their backup locations is an underground bunker
I love Ente, you can have 5 people spread across so it works out cheaper too. So in reality it’s like £2/person/month for ~200GB or £1 each for 40GB each.
I love supporting their cause though.