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I've just discovered PhotoPrism [1] through this article, which looks like a great solution for organising my photos in my homelab/home server - which is an HP

I've just discovered PhotoPrism [1] through this article, which looks like a great solution for organising my photos in my homelab/home server - which is an HP N54 Microserver (Gen 7), recently reformatted to run FreeNAS; loving it so far (previously was some Frankenstein mix of Windows Server 2012 running an Ubuntu VM via Hyper-V, with the storage being ZFS within the VM... terrible performance!) There is also PhotoStructure [2] that I like the look of, but PhotoPrism is OSS and already integrates machine learning for identifying objects in photos... yes I know I can't expect great performance out of my N54L on that front! [1] https://photoprism.org/ https://photoprism.org/ [2] https://photostructure.com/ https://photostructure.com/

LeoPanthera 6y ago
You'd never guess from the Photoprism website that it actually exists. It's just a huge ad. But there is actually code, tucked away in the hard to find github link: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism Unfortunately, it requires docker, and cannot be installed standalone. That's a deal-breaker for me.
henvic 6y ago
off-topic: Here's a weird thing... I've to admit that one concern I've is to like PhotoPrism (this is what is keeping me a little bit afraid of trying it). The issue is that I'm a Go programmer and it seems to be a good piece of software, but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code, especially when it affects what I do for a living. It'd be even worse if I think about contributing to it... I discovered it a few months ago when I was searching the web to see what is out there. Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot), I used digiKam and I enjoyed it. * I don't want to risk reading something I like there and ending up copying the idea or writing similar code unwillingly, as this license is viral. Thanks for showing me PhotoStructure!
- HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
  *> Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot) I used iPhoto for a while and am actively considering buying a used one to run it on again for family photos. What didn't you like about it, and is there anything that can take the metadata from iPhoto and translate it?
  - henvic 6y ago
    I'd not recommend using the older versions because it corrupted my library, and it removed some photos from Flickr after I removed a set (I hated it so much... it wasn't supposed to work like this, Apple), and made the original ones very hard to find. The new Photos app seems way better, though. However, I admit my trust in it is not great either because I'm afraid these experiences might happen again... So I'd either stick to Lightroom or go to something light that I know I can always just rely on organizing the files by directories on my filesystem.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  > but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code So, don't? Just pretend that it's a proprietary application with no source that just drops from the sky as a binary or docker image. Can you not get what you want as just a "normal" user?
  - henvic 6y ago
    I'd argue this is hard to do when it's so easy to explore a bit further, so I'd rather just stay away from trouble :)
mceachen 6y ago
Hi, author of PhotoStructure here. If you've signed up for beta access, know that I'm sending out invites in batches, and hope to send out another this week, with the release of v0.8.0 : https://photostructure.com/about/release-notes/ https://photostructure.com/about/release-notes/ (sorry if you've been waiting a while!) Briefly, there are 3 builds of PhotoStructure: a desktop build (packaged with Electron), a Docker image, and a git repo you can pull, `yarn install`, and run directly. More details about why I felt the need to quit my office job and work on it full time are here: https://photostructure.com/about/introducing-photostructure/ https://photostructure.com/about/introducing-photostructure/ If you've got any questions, feel free to ask them here or email hello@photostructure.com.

LeoPanthera 6y ago

You'd never guess from the Photoprism website that it actually exists. It's just a huge ad. But there is actually code, tucked away in the hard to find github link: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism Unfortunately, it requires docker, and cannot be installed standalone. That's a deal-breaker for me.

henvic 6y ago

off-topic: Here's a weird thing... I've to admit that one concern I've is to like PhotoPrism (this is what is keeping me a little bit afraid of trying it). The issue is that I'm a Go programmer and it seems to be a good piece of software, but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code, especially when it affects what I do for a living. It'd be even worse if I think about contributing to it... I discovered it a few months ago when I was searching the web to see what is out there. Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot), I used digiKam and I enjoyed it. * I don't want to risk reading something I like there and ending up copying the idea or writing similar code unwillingly, as this license is viral. Thanks for showing me PhotoStructure!

HeWhoLurksLate 6y ago
*> Previously to moving to iPhoto (regretted a lot) I used iPhoto for a while and am actively considering buying a used one to run it on again for family photos. What didn't you like about it, and is there anything that can take the metadata from iPhoto and translate it?
- henvic 6y ago
  I'd not recommend using the older versions because it corrupted my library, and it removed some photos from Flickr after I removed a set (I hated it so much... it wasn't supposed to work like this, Apple), and made the original ones very hard to find. The new Photos app seems way better, though. However, I admit my trust in it is not great either because I'm afraid these experiences might happen again... So I'd either stick to Lightroom or go to something light that I know I can always just rely on organizing the files by directories on my filesystem.
yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
> but it uses the GPL license, and I've as a motto to avoid reading GPL'ed source code So, don't? Just pretend that it's a proprietary application with no source that just drops from the sky as a binary or docker image. Can you not get what you want as just a "normal" user?
- henvic 6y ago
  I'd argue this is hard to do when it's so easy to explore a bit further, so I'd rather just stay away from trouble :)

mceachen 6y ago

Hi, author of PhotoStructure here. If you've signed up for beta access, know that I'm sending out invites in batches, and hope to send out another this week, with the release of v0.8.0 : https://photostructure.com/about/release-notes/ https://photostructure.com/about/release-notes/ (sorry if you've been waiting a while!) Briefly, there are 3 builds of PhotoStructure: a desktop build (packaged with Electron), a Docker image, and a git repo you can pull, `yarn install`, and run directly. More details about why I felt the need to quit my office job and work on it full time are here: https://photostructure.com/about/introducing-photostructure/ https://photostructure.com/about/introducing-photostructure/ If you've got any questions, feel free to ask them here or email hello@photostructure.com.