Google Photos selfhosted alternative reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fabio_teixei · 2023-11-02 00:30 So I stopped using Google Photos a while ago when the stopped offering the free photo storage for android users. Since then I'm being using OneDrive ( I already pay for O365 for other reasons and it comes with 5Tb included). Since I did the migration my home users are struggling with it (wife and kids). There's no comparison on the functionality between Google Photos and OneDrive photos. All the AI features that Google Photos offers are unparalleled on OneDrive, like the automatic face recognition and moments album créations that creates awesome photos collection instagram style. So my wife is putting pressure to get back to Google Photos, she can't stand OneDrive photos anymore. I'm trying to exit/cut the cord on all mainstream tech services like many of you on the selfhosted community, so I don't want to get back to Google Photos, actually I want to take the opportunity of migrating out of OneDrive photos to leverage an selfhosted solution but the wife approval factor mandates that I need to be as close as possible from Google Photos feature set. I was taking a look on some options like Photoprism and OpenPhotos but not sure if any of them are the best option or if even there better options out there. Can you please help me to find the best option for my use case if there's any at all? Other than Google Photos feature set, the possibility of SSO auth and multi user on one instance it's a plus, as well not paying for it. If I need to pay for a selfhosted solution in this case I prefer pay for Google Photos. Thanks for your help ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EuridiceSequens · 2023-11-02 00:40 This question gets asked a lot. I'm in a similar position. We went from Google Photos to Onedrive, but my wife hated Onedrive. You could try Immich. It's probably closest to Google Photos regarding the Wife Approval Factor. As for me, we're on Nextcloud Memories, which is working pretty well, especially since I was already using Nextcloud for other things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheMadArchivst · 2023-11-02 00:41 If your wanting just photos, PhotoPrism is a good option. If your wanting something more centralized, Nextcloud has an app called Memories that has a lot if not all the features google photos has. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legitimate_Farm_3095 · 2023-11-02 00:55 [i believe this is what you are looking for](https://reddit.com/r/self hosted/search?q=google+photos+alternative&restrict_sr=on&include_over_ 18=on&sort=relevance&t=all) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fabio_teixei · 2023-11-02 01:00 I was taking a look at it as well. Do you know if Immich have that smart moments feature that Google Photos has? One good thing about Immich for me that's supports oauth so I can probably setup my SSO auth provider on it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fabio_teixei · 2023-11-02 01:05 I can setup Nextcloud if it comes to it. For the Nextcloud usecase I use mainly M365, the pro version, I pay for it because I use Azure AD, Intune, Outlook, Exchange and etc. So if I go to Nextcloud it would be on for the photo part, all the other Nextcloud offerings I use the M365 subscription. About this Memories app, what kind of smart features it has? It comes close to Google Photos? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheMadArchivst · 2023-11-02 01:13 You can actually find a catalogue online of all the apps available in nextcloud. I believe you can find this by searching their wiki. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hunterhulk · 2023-11-02 01:42 i would highly suggest immich. [https://github.com/immich-app/immich](https://github.com/immich- app/immich) it design wise and use wise is very similar to google photos. very active development and has a mit license so anyone can fork and work on it. better then google photos face matching. website: https://immich.app/ demo: https://demo.immich.app ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fisheramacs · 2023-11-02 02:00 Immich is the way to go! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital_Warrior · 2023-11-02 02:43 Have you looked at LibrePhotos? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital_Warrior · 2023-11-02 02:44 I prefer LibrePhotos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytepond · 2023-11-02 03:05 Immich for sure. It's designed to replicate Google Photos as much as possible. The only downside is it will absolutely slam any hardware you run it on as it transcodes videos, runs AI recognition, and all sorts of other fun stuff. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fabio_teixei · 2023-11-02 03:34 Yes and no. Saw about it online but did not installed it yet. Do you know if the feature set of Librephotos come close to those from Google Photos? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nobackup42 · 2023-11-02 04:39 Agree but only for android so iPhone users beware. Can not handle native format. Only one I found is photoprisim but luckily it produces downscaled jpeg for preview .. so a janky solution is use photoprisim to manage originals and present the previews to immich. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hunterhulk · 2023-11-02 05:13 it has memories if that is what you are talking about. https://github.com/immich-app/immich#features ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-11-02 05:17 > Google Photos selfhosted alternative Are you fucking kidding me... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Senkyou · 2023-11-02 05:20 Bear in mind that you may not get a 1-to-1 translation of the featureset that Google Photos has since most self hosted options are donations and aren't operating at the scale that Google can. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytepond · 2023-11-02 05:47 It works fine for IOS. It just transcodes the videos to make web viewable copies. When you download you’ll still get the original. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Weareborg72 · 2023-11-02 06:19 I would think, should there be different users who should have different authorizations, I would not run piwigo [https://piwigo.org/](https://piwigo.org/) If it's the same family and you just want a nice login with archive options, why not try lychee [https://lychee.electerious.com/](https://lychee.electerious.com/) I think both are strong candidates for what you are looking for ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nobackup42 · 2023-11-02 06:24 Can’t work with HEVC files. Tried everything ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kurucu83 · 2023-11-02 06:25 Not sure if this fits what you guys look for, but Synology Photos is brilliant. Self hosted yes, reliables yes, features & apps yes, expensive also yes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _d0s_ · 2023-11-02 06:59 Happy wife, happy life. Get Google photos, it's ease of use and feature set is not comparable to self-hosted solutions unfortunately. I use nextcloud+memories and photoprism in the past, they work fine but Google photos is better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wuemelii · 2023-11-02 07:06 Immich. Its Great and fast ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Responsible_Poem1673 · 2023-11-02 10:19 I store them on NextCloud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- randomDevGui · 2023-11-02 13:29 i really miss the "view what you did 1 year ago" feature! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytepond · 2023-11-02 13:53 Interesting. It works just fine for me ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd1561 · 2023-11-02 19:00 Immich, been running it for a few weeks. It’s great and IMO every self hosted alternative is a distant second. The fact that it has a native mobile app versus just a web app is a big differentiator. Its timeline view works just like Google Photos and face/object recognition is fantastic. Very active development and easy to get support for. This project is great today and I can’t wait to see how it looks in another year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital_Warrior · 2023-11-03 12:38 > ed options are donations and aren't operating at the scale that Google can. It does not yet make animations from your photos but from my testing it has the best facial recognition of any of them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- botterway · 2023-11-04 08:13 https://github.com/meichthys/foss_photo_libraries