I’m looking for a solution that satisfies:
- Open source, or partially open source.
- Have good privacy practice. Even better if I can get away from 5 Eyes or 9 Eyes.
- Have an application for Android that supports auto-sync.
Self-hosting is also an option, but I would prefer a lightweight setup. I checked Immich requirements, but it requires 2 CPU cores and 4 GB memory, which costs way too much if I want to host it on my AWS.
Synology Photo. Then you even have your own “cloud” storage at home.
Does Synology Photos support shared albums where any user can contribute photos?
Yes. But I have mixed experience with this. How well it works might depend heavily on your internet speed (up/down) and on the performance of the synology. Overall user experience is a lot slower than any other commercial service.
Definitely this. I run a home lab, six servers, and I use Synology Photos because it’s so much better than the self hosted alternatives.
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Thanks for the cool option. But I just checked, and it seems like there’s no way I can set up a QuickConnect ID without a real Synology hardware. I’m a nomad so buying a physical Disk Station is not my preference.
https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/61634-dsm-7x-loaders-and-platforms/
There really is nothing close to Google Photos outside of Synology. And it’s not 100% in terms of search but it’s getting there.
You can run the Synology software via a loader on commodity hardware or on a hosting platform provided the platform supports VMWare ESXi or the like.
https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/user-guide/features/
You can use your own domain instead of a quickconnect id.