Photo library/management software
reddit / selfhosted

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DavethegraveHunter · 2023-10-18 12:45

I’m slowly moving things away from Apple iCloud to my own private
infrastructure.

The next thing on my list is photo management.

I currently have several Apple Macs, iPhones, iPads, and a
Samsung/Android tablet.

I’m looking for a photo management software I can host myself (of
course), but it needs to be integrate well on iOS/iPadOS. It would be
handy if I could use the iPhone’s “save photo” functionality (which
saves photos to the Apple Photos app) in order to save photos to the
self-hosted solution. (Or perhaps a solution that automatically gets
new photos from the Apple Photos app and transfers them into the self-
hosted software).

It would also be useful if there is a way to run multiple photo
libraries on the same device. For instance, I often take photos of
family with my iPhone, but also take photos with the iPhone and the
Android tablet of work things; it would be handy if I could put these
into different libraries, preferably at the time of taking the photo.

Could anyone please recommend something suitable?

Thank you in advance.

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-18 12:48

Have you tried to search this subreddit? Photo library tools get
discussed so often, you can easily find existing threads.

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DavethegraveHunter · 2023-10-18 12:52

Of course. I searched but couldn’t find anything that included the
option of multiple libraries running on the same device at the same
time.

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hindusoul · 2023-10-18 13:00

Synology NAS

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ebell451 · 2023-10-18 13:05

Synology Moments

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Raithmir · 2023-10-18 13:07

Immich.

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DavethegraveHunter · 2023-10-18 13:07

Synology Moments seems to be deprecated and replaced by Synology
Photos… which as far as I can tell from previous testing, doesn’t have
an option for saving an image to a specific library… or am I missing
something?

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Admirable-Ground542 · 2023-10-18 16:05

Would recommend Nextcloud , also Nextcloud memories  app may suit and
NC can also sync with iOS and android , I use on a daily basis

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ebell451 · 2023-10-18 17:26

You are correct about Moments > Synology Photos. Shows how long I've
been using them.


You might be missing something or I'm not fully understanding the
question. If you perform a manual upload them you can choose your
location. The automatic upload you can choose a default location and
then move them around from there.

We use this as a solution for my family of 4. Each of our cell phones
are automatically backed up to our respective folder/library. We then
have the ability to share photos.

https://app.screencast.com/djMrnKe3sXWmz

Then we have another "shared" space and this is where we upload all of
our photos from digital cameras, etc.

https://app.screencast.com/bSYmg5qETTwB3

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ebell451 · 2023-10-18 17:36

[https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/17a2c7a/we\_love\_you\_syn
ology\_photos\_please\_keep\_getting/](https://www.reddit.com/r/synolo
gy/comments/17a2c7a/we_love_you_synology_photos_please_keep_getting/)

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DavethegraveHunter · 2023-10-19 07:20

Thank you for your reply.

"The automatic upload you can choose a default location and then move
them around from there."

This is what I was trying to avoid. I was hoping for a solution where
the "save photo" button on an iPhone is actually two or more buttons
(one for each library), so that I don't have to double-handle things.

In any case, I already have Synology Photos installed on my NAS and
have tried i out, but I feel it's not quite the right fit for me.
Thank you, though.