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Basically the last thing keeping me locked into Google Photos is it's social features. I see "external sharing" is mentioned but haven't found more information

Basically the last thing keeping me locked into Google Photos is it's social features. I see "external sharing" is mentioned but haven't found more information on that. Ideally I'd want the option to share an album with password protection, doesn't require an account to view, and allows comments on photos. Bonus would be to have a running album feed with view receipts per account. I know that's a lot but wanted to be specific. I'm ready to migrate but haven't found a platform that has feature parity on this front.

magic_hamster 3y ago
It sounds like you can implement this by hosting your photos on a server with password access. You don't even need google for this.
- lytedev 3y ago
  #ThatDropboxComment ;)
radialapps 3y ago
You can share folders and albums that don't need an account to view. Folders do support password protection as well.
- singhrac 3y ago
  Does it support allowing others to upload photos as well (eg from a group trip)? If it does I’ll install it today on my homelab.
  - radialapps 3y ago
    Folders: this is fully supported. You can share out links of folders that anyone can upload to etc. These get stored in that folder (in your account) then. Albums: partial support. You can share links to albums that are viewable or share albums with others with an account on your nextcloud instance. People who have an account can upload photos to the shared albums.
    - jtbayly 3y ago
      I’m very interested in this. Is there a demo server or a description of what the process looks like for uploading to one of these folders from an iPhone or Android device?
      - jtbayly 3y ago
        I ask because the demo server doesn't seem to allow uploading any images.
hoherd 3y ago
Photoprism has gallery sharing and the share links can have expirations.
collin128 3y ago
This for me too. The reason I pay for tons of extra Google photos storage is it tags and uploads and pics of my kiddos to an album shared with all the grandparents. It's their favourite app in the world and I'm never allowed to cancel. Could I replicate that here?

magic_hamster 3y ago

It sounds like you can implement this by hosting your photos on a server with password access. You don't even need google for this.

lytedev 3y ago
#ThatDropboxComment ;)

radialapps 3y ago

You can share folders and albums that don't need an account to view. Folders do support password protection as well.

singhrac 3y ago
Does it support allowing others to upload photos as well (eg from a group trip)? If it does I’ll install it today on my homelab.
- radialapps 3y ago
  Folders: this is fully supported. You can share out links of folders that anyone can upload to etc. These get stored in that folder (in your account) then. Albums: partial support. You can share links to albums that are viewable or share albums with others with an account on your nextcloud instance. People who have an account can upload photos to the shared albums.
  - jtbayly 3y ago
    I’m very interested in this. Is there a demo server or a description of what the process looks like for uploading to one of these folders from an iPhone or Android device?
    - jtbayly 3y ago
      I ask because the demo server doesn't seem to allow uploading any images.

hoherd 3y ago

Photoprism has gallery sharing and the share links can have expirations.

collin128 3y ago

This for me too. The reason I pay for tons of extra Google photos storage is it tags and uploads and pics of my kiddos to an album shared with all the grandparents. It's their favourite app in the world and I'm never allowed to cancel. Could I replicate that here?