Post by account_disabled on Jan 28, 2024 9:46:16 GMT
Cutting the cord on the cloud is getting easier, with plenty of self-hosting options for hosting your documents and media library on your NAS drive. But there is one service that is stubbornly difficult to replace - Google Photos . Of all the Google apps and services, Photos is the one I use most religiously. Whether it's automatically backing up photos from my phone, neatly organizing trips in albums, sharing photos with family and friends, or quickly editing an image when I'm away from my computer, Google Photos is a powerful one-stop shop for everything. is mobile. related photography. As I'm sure you know. However, I've taken so many photos over the years that I've hit the 15GB free Google Photos limit. I don't want to pay for Google One storage every month when I have terabytes of disk space sitting idle on my home server. But getting out of this special Google service is the most difficult. Alternatives to Google Photos for owners View the PhotoPrism gallery Robert Triggs / Android Authority There's no shortage of self-hosted photo gallery apps out there, many of which are quite powerful in their own right.
It's amazing because they are also free. Photoprism is a popular choice (and one I currently use), sporting machine learning capabilities to automatically tag and organize your photos. However, it currently lacks the multi-user capabilities that a family needs, and lacks a first-party app to handle backups. LibrePhotos is another powerful option, but I've found the Android apps to fail (they're still in early development) and not play well with my library's organizational structure. There is a great selection of options from Lychee, PiGallery, Piwigo and others that can be found here , each of which comes with its Country Email List own pros and cons. Ultimately, there is a gap in the market for Google's seamless mobile backup and organizational experience. And that's before we realize that few of the options offer any editing capabilities. There are plenty of great gallery software, but few provide a photo backup solution. However, all hope is not lost. The most popular option for photos at the moment is Immich. In fact, it is designed to be a direct competitor to Google Photos, in terms of interface style, support for multiple users, album sharing
number of other features. Immich - the best alternative to Google Photos? Icon of the Immich photo app Robert Triggs / Android Authority At the time of writing, Immich is still in very active development and is not yet recommended as the only source for backing up your photos. However, Immich already works very well as its own alternative to Google Photos. Installation should not present any problems to those who are familiar with docker containers in NAS . Unlike most other options, there's a working Android backup app, complete with a gallery view. In terms of design, it works like Google Photos, letting you select the folders you want to back up and showing a small icon showing which photos are on the device and which are in your personal cloud. You can also access your photos through a web browser, where you will find all the server configuration options. Immich also has basic machine learning for facial recognition. It's built on a very basic model, which is more impressive than Photos, but it should improve over time. There is multi-user support, with album sharing capabilities to combine photos into family albums, the ability to share links externally, and reverse geospatial to enhance the map interface. Immich looks and feels a lot like Google Photos, but you host it on your computer.
It's amazing because they are also free. Photoprism is a popular choice (and one I currently use), sporting machine learning capabilities to automatically tag and organize your photos. However, it currently lacks the multi-user capabilities that a family needs, and lacks a first-party app to handle backups. LibrePhotos is another powerful option, but I've found the Android apps to fail (they're still in early development) and not play well with my library's organizational structure. There is a great selection of options from Lychee, PiGallery, Piwigo and others that can be found here , each of which comes with its Country Email List own pros and cons. Ultimately, there is a gap in the market for Google's seamless mobile backup and organizational experience. And that's before we realize that few of the options offer any editing capabilities. There are plenty of great gallery software, but few provide a photo backup solution. However, all hope is not lost. The most popular option for photos at the moment is Immich. In fact, it is designed to be a direct competitor to Google Photos, in terms of interface style, support for multiple users, album sharing
number of other features. Immich - the best alternative to Google Photos? Icon of the Immich photo app Robert Triggs / Android Authority At the time of writing, Immich is still in very active development and is not yet recommended as the only source for backing up your photos. However, Immich already works very well as its own alternative to Google Photos. Installation should not present any problems to those who are familiar with docker containers in NAS . Unlike most other options, there's a working Android backup app, complete with a gallery view. In terms of design, it works like Google Photos, letting you select the folders you want to back up and showing a small icon showing which photos are on the device and which are in your personal cloud. You can also access your photos through a web browser, where you will find all the server configuration options. Immich also has basic machine learning for facial recognition. It's built on a very basic model, which is more impressive than Photos, but it should improve over time. There is multi-user support, with album sharing capabilities to combine photos into family albums, the ability to share links externally, and reverse geospatial to enhance the map interface. Immich looks and feels a lot like Google Photos, but you host it on your computer.