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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gonna also throw in: Nextcloud Memories.

It makes the photo organizing part of NextCloud AMAZING. I'm so happy I got to dump Google Photos for good.

[–] spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did not know about this, but it's exactly the extension I was looking for! Thank you!

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

I'm so glad it was helpful! You're very welcome! I try to spread the word since NextCloud's default photo app...scares people away frankly lol.

I now use an extension to customize the menu, so Memories effectively replaces the default app from a user point of view.

Using Memories in Nextcloud AiO simplifies things a bit, but I seriously consider it NextCloud's "killer app." It's got EXIF editing, albums, user sharing, folder organizing, facial (and object!) recognition done locally, geo tagging map view...all local. The face recognizing stuff isn't perfect, but it's definitely good enough for the most part.

It's also very easy to send to people outside NextCloud, but I run it behind TailScale so it's not exposed to the open net at all. Copying and sending images through something like Signal also works fine. :)

It even has a neat Android app that sends my pictures to my server whenever I plug my phone in. (And moves them to my SD card in case something goes awry...but I learned I need to manage the cleanup of that part better lol)

Given all the other neat things NextCloud does, I like how it keeps photo managing in one place too.