How to replace Apple Photos?

GI1

Arielaviles thanks for that. The backup is not an issue as I have both Mega and pCloud backing up photos. It is more replicating the syncing between the phone, computer and cloud. I want a way to access my full collection on the go but also easily edit on my computer and sync back to my phone

GI1

pit2p thanks, backing up the photos is not an issue. I do use FreeFileSync for backing up hard drives on Windows.

What I need is to replicate similar to Apple Photos. I want my full collection on the phone but an optimized version as the Pixel doesn’t have enough hard drive space. I want to then also be able to access on Desktop where I have my full collection stored. If I make any edits on either my Phone or Computer I want them to sync with each other.

GI1

spl4tt yes I have seen Immich. Another issue I am having is many of the FOSS type photo management systems use Docker and I can not run Docker and virtual machines on my Windows computer at the same time. I probably would use PhotoPrism which is similar to Immich but this also uses Docker.

spl4tt

GI1
Very late reply here, but still, I just took an old laptop, put an arch linux on it and run it as a server for all my dockerized stuff. An old laptop is actually stronger than any server you can rent online, you just have to manage the networking stuff yourself

OfflinePuffin

If you have a few devices and a local network you can try sync thing , its like brave browser sync but for files and can be rigged to run locally

GI1

OfflinePuffin thank you, I do keep coming across SyncThing. I am trying it out now and installed on Windows. What is your workflow for using this? Can you sync between your computer, android and a cloud service?

Dumdum

GI1 they would have access to my files

Ente is end to end encrypted so I don't think they would or alarm bells would ring and they wouldn't be a recommended provider.

calpurtmun

I use Syncthing. Photos taken on my phone automatically show up in my Photos app on my computer (gThumb, Linux) like magic. As a previous Apple user I am satisfied with how seamless this setup is and it works just like iCloud for me.

As far as editing photos on Android, I tried a few apps but ended up using Google Photos (with no network permissions and no Google Play services). Yes it saves a copy upon editing but I don't edit many photos. I too hope Android UX continues to improve.

zzz

The Proton Drive app can be downloaded as an apk directly from their site and updated with Obtainium.

As of recently, the app can auto-sync photos on your phone to proton drive.
https://proton.me/drive/photo-storage

If you need that synced to your desktop, you can use the proton drive app for desktop. It can sync files to your desktop's harddrive.

I have no idea if your albums / tagging / apple live photo needs can be met with Proton Drive.

Regardless, it could be a decent option if you're like me and not skilled or patient enough to go with a self-hosted solution.

Murcielago

zzz

Proton's Photo Backup works great. However, it is a pure backup; I had understood the OP to be looking for a way to synchronize photos.

The different possibilities of backup and sync with Proton Drive are described quite well here:

https://proton.me/blog/backup-vs-sync

HipsHopsMan

I set up a personal photo folder synced to my home server with file versioning, so edits don’t replace originals and I can keep everything organized and backed up automatically.

HipsHopsMan

HipsHopsMan I ended up syncing everything through my NAS for backup, then used https://www.nixplay.com/ to make it easy to share selected folders with family using their frame. It pulls from Google Photos or manually uploaded albums, so I just export the ones I want to them. Keeps my main library private but still lets family see updates.

GI1

For now I ended up using a synology with synology photos and looking to also setup Immich with the same library. For backup of recent photos I’m using pCloud at the moment (along with uploading to Synology NAS). Not sure how good they are for privacy. Might look into ProtonDrive

Nordlicht

Check out Immich
www.immich.app

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