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[-] topsecret@feddit.uk 16 points 4 months ago

I've been using Immich for both gallery and backup.

https://immich.app/

[-] remer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve had major issues with docker upgrades. Just make sure you’re back up somewhere else too. They have fast paced development that breaks stuff occasionally.

[-] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah you have to either never upgrade the app/server together or set aside time to read the entire update notes for changes you need to manually make.

I love immich so far but they really need to settle into non breaking changes sometime soon. Or at least add some sanity checks to updates to save users from themselves

[-] truxnell@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

This is an excellent choice

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago
[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Neat! Thanks!

[-] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

PhotoPrism. I'm not convinced it's the best, but it works for me and I've zero motivation to switch.

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

Which app do you use with it? This one? As far as I'm aware, PhotoPrism doesn't have an official Android app.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

They do have an official app. I used to use the fork, but I changed my workflow and didn't need the patch anymore and went back to the upstream version of the server and client.

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

The app you linked to is unmaintained and archived on GitHub, and the Readme says:

The Flutter App for PhotoPrism® is not official and should be installed by developers and advanced users only

https://github.com/thielepaul/photoprism-mobile

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Huh; thanks, I must have grabbed the wrong one when I switched phones. It's been working fine, but then, I don't use it much. Good to know I need to switch, though - thanks again!

For phone photos, I use a FOSS gallery app. For photo syncing, I use PhotoBackup, plus a script on the server that watches the upload directory and calls the PhotoPrism "Import" function via the REST API.

Anyhoo, thanks for catching that.

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago

For photo syncing, I use PhotoBackup

Thanks, but I wonder for how long this will continue to work, considering that the latest PhotoBackup build is from November of 2016 and it targets Android 4.1 (newer Android versions will probably require a higher version target). In the long term, I think that migrating to Immich or Ente is the better option. Both have official, well-maintained FOSS apps, that are available on F-Droid, and the backend services can be completely self-hosted.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Android could break it, but I don't subscribe to the philosophy that an essentially bug-free, functioning piece of software needs constant updates to stay useful. If Android doesn't break it with API shenanigans, I'm perfectly happy to continue using it.

If Android does break it, all it is is a file syncing service. SyncThing could slot into the workflow with minor effort.

Modular systems rock. They have many advantages over all-in-one, monolithic systems; that they're harder for users to set up and use is almost the only way they're inferior.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

"AI Powered" :/

Exactly what I'm trying to avoid.

But I'll consider it if it's opt-in only and it doesn't nag me.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

That's a fair bit of skepticism. In this case it's justified. It's used to auto-tag photos, either cats, dogs, people, buildings; or if you manually tag people in some photos it will go through and auto-tag your whole library. It's all done locally on the server, no calls out to external services, so it's private. And it works pretty well.

So, yeah. In this case, the ML is useful and justified.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Ok, thanks. So it needs a server, it seems? Can it run as a standalone phone app?

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

It needs a server. You need a server of some sort of you're synching your photos off the phone. If you're only looking for a different gallery phone app, there are several good ones (and a few interesting, novel approaches) in f-droid.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Cool. Thanks!

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago
[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's tied to a cloud service, isn't it?

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Got it. Thanks!

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think it is just called Gallery from f-droid. Its got folder support and you can hide stuff you don't use. Its basic but has a decent editor and is not network connected.

Edit: its called Fossify Gallery. My bad y'all

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

If you find a URL where I can check out its feature, could you please let me know?

Thanks!

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

My bad, it was called fossify gallery.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Installed. Thanks!

[-] franglais@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

This looks great, nothing fancy, no adds, just what I wanted. Thanks 🙏

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago
[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It was the fossify gallery, I had it mixed up. My bad. In the app drawer, it just says gallery on it.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

I use Aves Libre, pretty good and powerful, but it doesn't have its own photo editor, so if you need to crop something you need another app with it

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I'm giving it a try. I can live without editing capabilities.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

I've also tried a bunch and liked this one the best, I wish it had a built in crop function but other than that it's great

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

If you don't care about cloud/backup stuff I recommend Aves. I've been using it for a few years now

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Synology NAS hardware comes with a free surprisingly feature-rich clone of Google Photos that stores only to your local NAS (with options to further backup to various cloud providers).

[-] skinny_legend@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Aves libre on fdroid

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I've been running GrapheneOS and haven't had such issues.

[-] unrushed233@lemmings.world 2 points 4 months ago

It doesn't use the proprietary Google Photos app

[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Isn't GrapheneOS only available on Pixel devices? I've been wanting to try it but I don't have a Pixel.

[-] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Yes grapheneOS only supports pixels at the moment, but LineageOS and other forks of AOSP are available for other phones and also tend to not include any google apps at all by default.

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