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Off-topic: Is there a Google Photos like app out there for Android that can use a custom backend like Hetzner? By Google Photos, I mean ability to share photos

Off-topic: Is there a Google Photos like app out there for Android that can use a custom backend like Hetzner? By Google Photos, I mean ability to share photos with family, tag faces and have some level of smart categorization.

neurostimulant 5y ago
If I remember correctly, nextcloud android client has automatic gallery sync support. It also has an option to mount secondary storage device which supports SFTP, webdav, S3, openstack, etc.
bmsleight_ 5y ago
syncthing - I use. Sync to my local server then that sync to remote server.
em-bee 5y ago
i didn't test it, but i know friends using nextcloud for that
- lazka 5y ago
  Nextcloud doesn't support color profiles in images, so anything not sRGB looks off in their gallery app -> I wouldn't recommend it.
SloopJon 5y ago
I'm dipping my toes into self hosted services, but I haven't tackled photos yet. Ars Technica reviewed a few photo options last year: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/the-big-alternatives-to-google-photos-showdown/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/the-big-alternatives...
lovelearning 5y ago
UPDATE: Somebody mentioned they're using "Seafile" in the comments and it seems to support Android and network drives - https://www.seafile.com/en/features/ https://www.seafile.com/en/features/ . For tagging and categorization, try digiKam. I don't know if there's an all-in-one solution. Perhaps use NextCloud (self-hosted or managed) for sharing. digiKam can detect and tag faces, and connect to NextCloud or network-mounted drives. But digiKam's a desktop app without an Android port AFAIK.
- iforgotpassword 5y ago
  I switched to photoprism a while ago, after having been a long time digikam user. Not being web based was becoming more and more of an annoyance. Heck, even using it on more than one PC with a shared db was a hassle. Photoprism definitely isn't there yet feature-wise, its facial recognition is sub-par compared to digikam, it's sometimes sluggish for one reason or another, but generally speaking I like the vision and where it's going. I'm sponsoring the project, as it's basically a one-man- (and one woman) show and they like to make it their full time jobs. I like the idea, although it's still a relatively rare thing in the open source world. Currently they seem somewhat overehelmed though.
  - lovelearning 5y ago
    I'll check out photoprism. Thanks for the tip!
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sukh 5y ago
I'm kicking the tyres on BX21 (5TB Hetzner Storage box). Photoview, photoprism and photostructure are the apps I shortlisted. Google photos has great UX out of the box for RAW and general photos usage, but is garbage if you have a classically organized album/folder situation.
- mceachen 5y ago
  Howdy: author of PhotoStructure here. This is the first I've seen of their storage box offering: it seems like this is just a storage offering, right? Like, it can't run arbitrary software, right?
Havoc 5y ago
Photoprism might be worth a look

neurostimulant 5y ago

If I remember correctly, nextcloud android client has automatic gallery sync support. It also has an option to mount secondary storage device which supports SFTP, webdav, S3, openstack, etc.

bmsleight_ 5y ago

syncthing - I use. Sync to my local server then that sync to remote server.

em-bee 5y ago

i didn't test it, but i know friends using nextcloud for that

lazka 5y ago
Nextcloud doesn't support color profiles in images, so anything not sRGB looks off in their gallery app -> I wouldn't recommend it.

SloopJon 5y ago

I'm dipping my toes into self hosted services, but I haven't tackled photos yet. Ars Technica reviewed a few photo options last year: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/the-big-alternatives-to-google-photos-showdown/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/the-big-alternatives...

lovelearning 5y ago

UPDATE: Somebody mentioned they're using "Seafile" in the comments and it seems to support Android and network drives - https://www.seafile.com/en/features/ https://www.seafile.com/en/features/ . For tagging and categorization, try digiKam. I don't know if there's an all-in-one solution. Perhaps use NextCloud (self-hosted or managed) for sharing. digiKam can detect and tag faces, and connect to NextCloud or network-mounted drives. But digiKam's a desktop app without an Android port AFAIK.

iforgotpassword 5y ago
I switched to photoprism a while ago, after having been a long time digikam user. Not being web based was becoming more and more of an annoyance. Heck, even using it on more than one PC with a shared db was a hassle. Photoprism definitely isn't there yet feature-wise, its facial recognition is sub-par compared to digikam, it's sometimes sluggish for one reason or another, but generally speaking I like the vision and where it's going. I'm sponsoring the project, as it's basically a one-man- (and one woman) show and they like to make it their full time jobs. I like the idea, although it's still a relatively rare thing in the open source world. Currently they seem somewhat overehelmed though.
- lovelearning 5y ago
  I'll check out photoprism. Thanks for the tip!

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sukh 5y ago

I'm kicking the tyres on BX21 (5TB Hetzner Storage box). Photoview, photoprism and photostructure are the apps I shortlisted. Google photos has great UX out of the box for RAW and general photos usage, but is garbage if you have a classically organized album/folder situation.

mceachen 5y ago
Howdy: author of PhotoStructure here. This is the first I've seen of their storage box offering: it seems like this is just a storage offering, right? Like, it can't run arbitrary software, right?

Havoc 5y ago

Photoprism might be worth a look