[kwlug-disc] Nextcloud, ownCloud, ...etc

[Chris Irwin]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 02:22:58PM -0700, Ron wrote:
>>Nextcloud does have a method to sync photos. However, browsing
>>photos in Nextcloud is basically like browsing a directory. There's
>>not too much intelligence there.
>
>It does support facial & object recognition with the right plugin 
>(`recognize` I think?).
>
>Until recently, the NC `photos` app has been a bit clunky, but I think 
>they've been working on it.
>
>
>There's also "Memories" app which is nice - works somewhat like Google 
>Photos.

I was unable to get the recognize plugin to work.

>I've heard great things about immich, including that it can be 
>configured to use NextCloud's storage location for it's source.
>
>I think the idea is to upload via NC Android app and browse via immich.

I see no need to have these files in nextcloud.

If disaster strikes and the immich app is unusable, it stored all my 
photos in date-stamped directories with original filenames:

library/cirwin/2025/2025-10-26/PXL_20251026_193329833.MP.jpg

>I oughta check it out sometime, as everyone seems to like it and now 
>there's yet another endorsement...

Google Photos was the big "no good replacement for" service I had.  
Immich is, impressively, superior to Google Photos.

It did take a while to index 150GB of photos, though.

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