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Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by Saris » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:09 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #4

I guess the Github description/HN title is incomplete, it's curious that it's saying it's a backup solution, but what is visible is an web-based photo browser... yeah yeah I get it, just like Google Photos (i.e. App-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named according to the docs[1]), the web viewer is part of the package... I guess it needs a better description, IMO a project with several big components (web, mobile, backend) sells it…

It is a backup solution, the mobile app automatically backs up photos as you take them.

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by Saris » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:12 PM UTC

I've been using this for a few weeks, it's quite nice. Automatically backs up my phone photos, and I also imported a huge folder of existing photos on my NAS.

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by andirk » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:14 PM UTC

Real question: is this easier and more reliable than emailing to myself for the past 20 years?

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by jcul » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

_ea1k wrote: post #7

What advantage does this have over nextcloud?

I haven't used this, but it seems it has AI photo recognition stuff.

So you can search for "fish" for example and it will show photos of fish.

And apparently it has facial recognition, so you can find photos of a specific person by name.

These are killer features of Google photos for me, so it is exciting to see them in a self hosted, open source offering.

There is a demo linked on the GitHub page that I checked out:

https://demo.immich.app/

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by pj_mukh » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

Hate to be that guy. But one final feature that Google photos has:

Auto share photos of a certain face to an album that is shared with a group. Group is notified when new photos are added.

This is CLUTCH for new parents.

That being said, this is incredible and I’m definitely moving over the first chance I get.

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by jrussino » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:22 PM UTC

I've been looking for something like this.

My wife and I each have a separate Apple Photos library. I'd love it if we could have a combined backup solution.

Could we keep using Photos and back up to this, or would it be better to ditch Photos and just switch over?

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by kwhitefoot » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:24 PM UTC

andirk wrote: post #13

Real question: is this easier and more reliable than emailing to myself for the past 20 years?

Or using Syncthing?

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by sn0n » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:28 PM UTC

jcul wrote: post #14

_ea1k wrote: post #7

What advantage does this have over nextcloud?

I haven't used this, but it seems it has AI photo recognition stuff. So you can search for "fish" for example and it will show photos of fish. And apparently it has facial recognition, so you can find photos of a specific person by name. These are killer features of Google photos for me, so it is exciting to see them in a self hosted, open source offering. There is a demo linked on the GitHub page that I checked out:…

Nextcloud has face recognition iirc as well.

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by djbusby » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:31 PM UTC

Saris wrote: post #9

djbusby wrote: post #8

How do my photos get onto this system? I don't see it from the docs.

In addition to the mobile app which works like google photos and backs up photos you take automatically, you can also: - Upload via the webUI - Import a folder of photos on the host (copies photos to the Immich directory) - Add a folder of photos on the host (leaves photos in place)

I didn't see the PlayStore link from their site. I do find it when searching manually.

Re: Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone

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Post by vasac » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 10:32 PM UTC

gobip wrote: post #3

charles_f wrote: post #2

This looks like something that I might use, but > Expect bugs and breaking changes. I get it's the pretty normal to go through fixing bugs, but for a backup solution the core of it should be stable or I would not use it

Try it. Adopt it. :) Just a few weeks ago, facial recognition was added and that was it for me. I finally made the switch from Google Photos and iCloud to immich. It's your self-hosted google photos alternative, with image recognition, a map, sharing folders publicly, or with other users on your server. Some parts will be buggy though, like face detection, or memories. But the whole "backup & sync" part is very relia…

> Some parts will be buggy though, like face detection, or memories.

Frankly, I have had issues with Google Photos already. For me, it simply stopped recognizing faces since last October. I tried disabling and then enabling face recognition multiple times, but to no avail. It starts recognition from scratch, but only for photos before October. Writing to the support didn't help (although I didn't expect it to anyway), so alternatives like this one are becoming more and more tempting.

I'm already self-hosting a bunch of things, but facial recognition (when it was working) was much better in Google Photos and a major reason why I'm paying for additional storage.