Do you know an alternative to Google Photos for local image search?
Do you know an alternative to Google Photos for local image search?
I'm looking for a Google Photos search replacement in local, preferable FOSS.
Does anyone know one?
Immich is a really good self hosted option
25 0 ReplyThis is really the only answer.
8 0 ReplyLouis Rossman affiliated group FUTO is pitching in to support development of Immich which hopefully will iron out bugs it currently may have.
7 1 Replythis is the way.
5 1 ReplyThanks, I will try it.
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Synology Photos has a search function. It's not as good as google's though.
8 2 ReplyUnfortunately not FOSS
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Not really local but selfhosted: Nextcloud + memories
5 0 ReplyPhotoprism is working great for me.
3 0 ReplyImmich. https://immich.app/
AGPL, self-hosted, high feature parity with GPhotos. https://github.com/immich-app/immich/
SpaceInvader One channel on YT has several guides on installing the server on UnRaid and migrating your photo library from Google Photos. https://youtu.be/krAZcUIP3YE and https://youtu.be/LtNWxxM5Mzg
Louis Rossmann recently brought a lot of attention to it by offering the developers a grant via his FUTO org. https://youtu.be/uyTPqxgqgjU
Immich has excellent face detection, as well as search capabilities built-in that can be assisted with locally or remote run ML. https://immich.app/docs/guides/remote-machine-learning/
I've been running it for a couple of months. It's under active development, but I personally feel that it's stable and at a good enough place to be a full replacement of Google Photos. In fact, I turned off all uploads to Google in their Photos app, and rely on Immich auto-uploading to my server instead. Of course that means having a robust (preferably off-site) backup and disaster recovery plan.
3 0 ReplyAmazing!
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I think Mylio does this, even in its free version. I don't think it's FOSS though.
2 0 ReplyBoth Immich and PhotoPrism are great, personally I prefer Immich because it has official mobile apps. PhotoPrism only has an unofficial Gallery app for Android, but requires you to use a proprietary app called PhotoSync to actually synchronize your photos.
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