Hi,

I’m trying to find a way to have my iPhone’s photos be automatically (or even manually) backed up/synced with my home server.

I heard about photo prism here and got it up and running, however I could not find a free app that lets you sync. Photo sync is their main recommendation and it puts high quality photo backup behind premium.

Is there any solution that lets you backup your photos through home wifi?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: thanks to the suggestions, I found this handy chart listing many and comparing them: https://meichthys.github.io/foss_photo_libraries/

  • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Like everyone is saying, Immich.

    But keep an eye on updates because it is under active development so breaking changes tend to happen every once in a while.

      • Crassus@feddit.nlEnglish
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        22 days ago

        On itself it doesn’t auto update, you do get a notification in the app if your server is outdated.

        You can setup watchtower or something similar to update it but it is discouraged due to the active development

  • Rookeh@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Immich has completely replaced Google Photos for me, love it!

    My only bugbear is that it is updated very frequently (what a nice problem to have!) which in my case requires a manual once-over of my docker-compose file every time in case there are breaking changes.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Absolutely phenomenal. Great app, hosting, and development community.

      It’s a good reason to start self hosting.

      • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish
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        23 days ago

        I’ve been using it for a couple of years though. I have not really had any problems with auto-upload from my android phone. So not sure if that “not even alpha stage” comment is correct. I don’t know the state of it on iOS though.

  • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Immich has a setting that does automatic photo backup over WiFi, I use the android app as a Google photos replacement. You can choose however many folders on your phone as you want (I just do camera roll) and enable only backup over WiFi and it backs up all the photos in original quality. I self-host the server on my Synology with a reverse proxy (can’t forward ports at my current place due to cgnat) so I can access it from anywhere.

    I believe the app is cross platform so the iPhone version should be identical to the android one.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    23 days ago

    It doesn’t matter what software you use, Apple doesn’t allow automatic backups on their phones. Consider buying a different phone that allows you to use it as you see fit.