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So I want to build a home server to use as a media server, and to back up my photos etc.

I am also currently doing an online course, and happen to spend some time at work as well as at home working on it. I don't like using Google where I can help it, but I find google docs really useful. So I'm wondering if there's an open source application that works essentially the same, but I could run off my own server? It would have to be web-based as I use Windows at work and can't install new programs :/

edit: Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I've got quite a few leads to follow now, it should be fun!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m using Onlyoffice and it works really well. Although I use it with kDrive from Infomaniak, I’m almost sure you can run it on your own server.

In fact I managed to ditch Google for everything but I can’t find a good replacement for Google photos which I’m not using anymore.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In fact I managed to ditch Google for everything but I can’t find a good replacement for Google photos which I’m not using anymore.

Immich is trying to be that, but it's still in heavy development.

Also here a comparison of multiple ones: https://docs.librephotos.com/docs/user-guide/features/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Immich is working pretty well for me. Even the search does a decent job of recognizing the things in the pictures.

I'm not sure what Google photos has that Immich doesn't, and I've been using Google photos for years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mobile app sometimes gets stuck while updating new photos, or just doesn't run the upload in background even though it's activated. The web app looks and feels great though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You do have to turn off battery saver for the background process. Phones tend to not like background processes. That would cause the behavior you're seeing.

Settings > Apps > App battery usage > Immich > Set to "unrestricted"

Also I have mine set to a ten minute delay, maybe that's why I haven't noticed. Maybe try adding a small delay to the load?

(Primarily I wanted a chance to delete photos before they uploaded.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the answer.

I remember looking at these but I think the fact that the pictures would be on my kDrive was also a problem.

Maybe with something like WebDAV it could work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Dariusmiles2123 @JoelJ
for photos, I decided to buy a raspberry pi two years ago and to host photos and videos for my familly, using a free software with application on mobile phones (ios and android).
The compagny has a hosted offer, but i prefered to do in my own.
software is: https://piwigo.org/
and forum is there: https://piwigo.org/forum/
Enjoy
If question don't hesitate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the answer.

I’d really want to keep my pictures on my kDrive and just have some remote access to the pictures via whatever protocol.

Maybe what I need doesn’t exist and I’ll have to wait until kDrive gets its own photo management tool😇

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Dariusmiles2123
kDrive is accessible under Ubuntu, Windows and MaOS, it means that piwigo should be able to manage photos store on kDrive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll give it a try then. Thanks