I've been using Ente Photos, and PhotoPrism and I've been liking Ente pretty well. Little bit more work to get things setup and going but I've been enjoying it for the last few months
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What low-effort app do you recommended? I hate messing around with networking stuff, but I'm willing to build a home server, if that means I can finally get away from Google Photos. It must have HEIC support and a "memories" feature (where it automatically creates albums sends me notifications about what it wants to show me).
Absolutely phenomenal. Great app, hosting, and development community.
It's a good reason to start self hosting.
This is amazing, exactly what I was looking for!
This. Its excellent. Cross platform. AI search. Location tagging. Everythibg u want.
Sounds overkill just for backing up files.
Its more of a complete Google Photos replacement than a basic backup/syncing system
Like everyone is saying, Immich.
But keep an eye on updates because it is under active development so breaking changes tend to happen every once in a while.
Does Immich auto update / breaking changes?
On itself it doesn't auto update, you do get a notification in the app if your server is outdated.
You can setup watchtower or something similar to update it but it is discouraged due to the active development
Does Immich auto update
Only if you auto-update the docker images on your server.
There have been a few breaking chances, but it just takes a minute to tweak the compose file and it's up and running again.
Apparently docker images must be manually updated, so currently I don't. Thanks for the info.
The server doesn't, except if you have watchtower or something similar.
The app auto updates on your phone though, unless turned off.
Damn. I think a few updates have happened on the App but not seen an issue yet. Guess I'll update the docker image when an app update does break it - family don't use it often and I don't want to manage their phone updating the app.
Luckily the app is generally (but not always) backwards compatible. It'll just nag you to upgrade the server.
Immich. Come for the photo backup, stay for everything else because it's awesome.
Nextcloud. Works super well.
Immich has completely replaced Google Photos for me, love it!
My only bugbear is that it is updated very frequently (what a nice problem to have!) which in my case requires a manual once-over of my docker-compose file every time in case there are breaking changes.
I go the other way, auto-update and fix the file if it goes down lol
As a developer myself I'm not sure if I would trust any application to safely handle a configuration that has become invalid due to a breaking change, especially not an app that is still under active development! Better safe than sorry.
It's docker compose changes (at least the ones in the last 2 years have been), so it's not really config related with a worry about breaking stuff from that.
But also multiple backups are in place anyways, so worst case I restore from that.
I use syncthing to keep all my documents and pictures synced between my devices.
Yeah this.
I don't keep all my photos in sync though. Only the last few months.
I'm using photoprism to browse photos on my server but I've been meaning to look at other options because it's not that great IMO.
I swapped out photoprism for immich and I'm much happier.
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I use Immich, and I love it.
Immich has a setting that does automatic photo backup over WiFi, I use the android app as a Google photos replacement. You can choose however many folders on your phone as you want (I just do camera roll) and enable only backup over WiFi and it backs up all the photos in original quality. I self-host the server on my Synology with a reverse proxy (can't forward ports at my current place due to cgnat) so I can access it from anywhere.
I believe the app is cross platform so the iPhone version should be identical to the android one.
Nextcloud's instant upload feature?
Whenever I take a picture or screenshot it's uploaded there.
Nextcloud might be overkill if that's the only feature you need. I've never used the more involved stuff like chat or document editing, just sync.
You can use the Nextcloud app with the much simpler KaraDAV backend. Works fine for photo backups.
That feature kinda works, but it's incredibly fragile. It has caused so many annoyances for me over the last year or so that I'm finally done with the thing. Just go with immich instead, less headache.
Nextcloud has so many bugs when you store a lot of files, and photos on a phone accumulate to a big number. Both their Android app and server doesn't deal with a few years' worth of photos.
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I think right now it is a throwdown between:
- Nextcloud Photos
- Immich
- Ente Photos
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I've been using folder sync pro for ages and ages https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full
It basically syncs a folder from your phone to a folder on your home servers share.
I think it was paid.... But it's been years so I couldn't tell you.
I think it was paid.... But it's been years so I couldn't tell you.
It's currently $3.99 in the Play Store for me, with a crossed-out list price of $6.49. Not a bad deal.
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