What are some good Open Source / Self Hosted alternatives to Apple Photos (Desktop)? I pretty much keep my Mac Mini around solely to import photos from our phones, free up space on the phone, and backup the Photos DB. We like to go back and look at old photos from time to time too, and the feature that shows them on a map is a big one for us.
Last time I looked (pre-COVID) there wasn't a lot of promising options, and some didn't support HEIF images
Immich.app, with their import from iCloud CLI command to seed it: https://github.com/simulot/immich-go#from-icloud-sub-command
Another commenter mentioned this and it look promising, thanks!
I'm fond of digikam https://www.digikam.org/ it's simple enough for most users and has complex features for more advanced users its open source cross platform and doesn't do some weird rearranging of files so you can still use your file browser too.
This looks pretty cool, I'll take a closer look at this one, thanks!
Immich could solve what you are looking for. It supports wireless upload to the server, everything is stored locally and it has some neat additional features.
https://immich.app/
Looks pretty cool, this might be the ticket. Thanks!
I use and enjoy PhotoPrism. It's open source and self hosted. It has the map view. It accepts imports via WebDAV, or you can manage files completely manually without using the import feature.
It's strictly for looking and exploring old photos. It doesn't do photo editing (except metadata editing), nor do I expect it to.
Thanks, I'll take a look at this one too.