Comment by jazzyjackson
1 month ago
I'm moving my family out of apple photos, self hosted options have come a long way. I landed on immich [0] and a caddy plugin that allows for PKI certificate for account access while still allowing public shared URLs [1]*
There's also LibrePhotos which is packed with features but doesn't have as much polish as immich. They do however have a list of python libraries that can be used for offline/local inference for things like having an image model create a description of a photo that can benefit the full text search. [2]
[1] https://github.com/alangrainger/immich-public-proxy/blob/mai...
[2] https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/user-guide/offline-setup
* Haven't actually tried this plugin yet, my weekend project is setting up my caddy VPS to tunnel to the immich container running on my Synology NAS
Immich is amazing, truly great software, and it's oss
It’s still beta though and often has breaking changes that can require updating the server software in sync with the mobile app versions.
i like to self host but i’d never do it for something critical like photos. what if you’re hit by a bus next month? Then your family (probably not tech savvy) need to figure out how to migrate all their stuff to a commercial offering - while dealing with all the emotional stuff after death. it’s just added stress for your loved ones.
100% private is nice but not practical for something like photos in my opinion. unless you have someone in the family that can take over after you’re gone and is very technical.
Sure, I use Ente and have iCloud Photos turned off, but TFA is referring to what happens in the Apple Photos app, which happens even if you have iCloud Photos turned off.