this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
93 points (97.9% liked)

Selfhosted

39937 readers
345 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

  1. Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.

  2. No spam posting.

  3. Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.

  4. Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.

  5. Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).

  6. No trolling.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Hey guys, I'm new to self-hosting; I'm trying to set up cloud storage to store pics and other content. However, I’m unsure whether to use my old computer, Buy NAS or ResberryPie to set up a home server.

Also, what is the best privacy-friendly OS to use with the home server?

Lastly, do’s and don’ts.

Any help would be appreciated (:

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Any cheap PC is going to be way better than raspberry Pi.

Also, may I suggest you to checkout Immich? I am in love with the project and have been using it as Google photos replacement.

Welcome to selfhosting!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Immich is great. Works so much better as a photo storage than Nextcloud does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I switched from Google photos to immich just recently. I'm still looking for a good solution to replace Google's editing features. I used, and miss, those features a LOT.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

i found their site and in confused by this part of their intro page:

"That was how the idea started to grow in my head. After that, I began to find existing solutions in the self-hosting space with similar backup functionality and the performance level of the App-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named. I found that the current solutions mainly focus on the gallery-type application. However, I want a simple-to-use backup tool with a native mobile app that can view photos and videos efficiently."

what is the main thing that separates immich from other "gallery-type applications"? wouldnt all comparable apps have some kind of gallery?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

What are you comparing it with? Something like photoprism? If so, then photo prism does not allow you to have multiple users. (Atleast it wasn't there when I used it last time)

If you compare it with Lychee, then Lychee does not have facial recognition.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I tried Photoprism a few days ago and it still doesn't support multiple users. It also doesn't have an app. The Immich app is really great and it's stupidly simple to setup auto backup of your phone camera.