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Sarianna Silvonen

Hey Mastodon folks, I'm looking for a (preferably European) alternative to Google Photos. Mainly cloud backup from my phone (Android) and organization, maybe some private photo/album sharing, but not an image-based social media app as such. Free or reasonably priced. Any recommendations? #photobackup #europeanalternatives #recommendations

Sarianna Silvonen Jul 16

@aqunt @thematic @nikopoikulainen
Thanks, I'll have to check these out! I'm currently paying for Google Photos, so I'm certainly open to paying for a better option instead. I do use Proton Drive for general file backup - I'll have to see how it works for photos.

One thing I like about Google is that photos can easily be transmitted via Google Home/Chromecast to be shown as a screensaver or our TV. It would be nice to continue with a similar functionality, but it's not a deal-breaker.

Sarianna Silvonen Jul 24

Wow, I was offline for a while, and so many great alternatives have come up! Thank you everybody for contributing to this thread 😊

them#tic Jul 16

@ssilvonen MEGA Cloud Storage seems to have both zero knowledge storage and 20 GB for free. It's not true open source but the source code is public. https://mega.io/storage

Cloud storage

Store, manage, and share data of any type and size securely. Enjoy fast downloads and uploads and extend your storage whenever you need.

MEGA

Kalle Kniivilä Jul 16

@ssilvonen I recently transferred all my photos from Gphoto to Pixelunion.eu. Uploading the takeout zips with the command line tool was a little bit complicated, but finally worked fine and I got all my albums transferred as well.
It's a hosted #immich service, everything works as it should and their customer service answers queries.

Sarianna Silvonen Jul 16

@kallekn Thank you, I will check this option out too!

@ssilvonen
Nextcloud syncs your photos automatically from your phone. It can be selfhosted but there are also managed hosting providers around.
e.g. https://weingaertner-it.de/index.php/produkt-kategorie/nextcloud-hosting/

Nextcloud Hosting | Weingärtner IT Services

Stefan Rower🏴‍☠️🦊 🇺🇳🐧 🏳️‍🌈🤝Jul 24

@ssilvonen
I use the Synology System. Cause of having a backup onSide and mainly comfortable sync.
Putting all my fotos in a cloud (server from other people) is not the way to go IMHO.
If selfhosting is not an option, Buy a used NAS with affordable diskdrives and make them available to the internet.

@ssilvonen i really like immich as a software, but it doesn't look like there are any service providers that will host it for you :/

@ssilvonen I use immich, which is an absolute gamechanger. It can be self-hosted and is open source, but there are hosted (managed) instances available.

https://immich.app

Immich

Self-hosted photo and video management solution. Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.

Immich — Self-hosted photo and video management solution. Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.

@ssilvonen it does support casting as well.

Gavin Sallery Jul 24

@ssilvonen my vote would go to Photoprism, on the basis that it's very good: https://www.photoprism.app/

vocalone Jul 24

@ssilvonen @ente!

@ssilvonen reading along

Mark Wieczorek Jul 24

@ssilvonen You could try Nextcloud with the Memories app.

@ssilvonen
@ente is probably the best alternative.

@ssilvonen @ente
Not EU based, but End to End encryption and open Source
https://help.ente.io/self-hosting/

Quickstart - Self-hosting | Ente Help

Getting started with self-hosting Ente

@ssilvonen @ente
And here a article about entie by the Security professional Kuketz.
In german, but should be easy to translate
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/ente-datenschutzfreundliche-alternative-zu-google-und-apple-photos/

ente: Datenschutzfreundliche Alternative zu Google und Apple Photos

Ente.io ist ein datenschutzorientierter Dienst zur sicheren Speicherung und Synchronisierung von Fotos und Videos.

benoit mortier Jul 24

@ssilvonen #ente https://ente.io/

Ente Photos: Store and share your photos with absolute privacy

Ente Photos is the private, secure photo storage app with end-to-end encryption. Cross-platform, open source, and self-hostable. Start with 10GB free.

ente

Merlin Makes Jul 24

@ssilvonen
I think Proton now has a way of making photo albums on their secure cloud/drive.

Check it out https://proton.me/drive

Proton Drive: Free secure cloud storage | Proton

End-to-end encrypted file storage from Switzerland that lets you securely back up your files on the cloud, access them anywhere, and share them with anyone.

Proton

Kristjan Kalde Jul 24

I recently found Pixel Union. Platform that host Immich in Europe. It has very similar features to Google Photo.

https://pixelunion.eu/

PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

Privacy and safety are not optional. Free your photos from American tech platforms.

PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

Søren Ladegaard Jul 24

@ssilvonen Proton Drive now also features some kind of storsage specifically for photos. Haven’t looked into it yet though.

Jacob Scharmberg Jul 25

@ssilvonen I have heard good things about @ente although I have only briefly tried it myself.

@ssilvonen The Memories app on Nextcloud is excellent.