Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 21 sep 19 and tagged it with Photo sharing

@ronguest Then that’s not exactly the right solution now, but your post gave me an idea. I seem to recall FreeNAS being a software based NAS, and there are probably other similar products as well. Maybe one of those has a photo sharing feature.

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Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 21 sep 19 and tagged it with Photo sharing

@ronguest That sounds interesting, but am I right in assuming it’s for the Synology NAS only? I currently don’t use a NAS (I have an old Drobo gathering dust on a shelf) and I was hoping to solve this with either my Linode or an always on MacMini.

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ronguest
21 september, 2019 15:08

@MrHenko Yes, that is for their NAS.

I need your help finding a self-hosted alternative to iCloud photo sharing

Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 21 sep 19 and tagged it with Photo sharing

I’m looking for a self-hosted alternative to iCloud photo sharing for private photo sharing with the family, and I need your help finding it.

Here’s what’s great about iCloud sharing:

It’s really simple to share one or more photos using the built in Share Sheet.
Subscribers to a shared album gets notified (if they chose to) of new photos.
I as the poster get notified (if I chose to) when comments or likes happen.

The main problem is that it is exclusive to the Apple ecosystem. That excludes part of the family. If I’m going to change things up it would also be nice if the new solution was hosted on a server controlled by me.

So, a self-hosted alternative to iCloud photo sharing, with apps for viewing on both iOS and Android. Any recommendations are much appreciated.

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ronguest
21 september, 2019 13:53

@MrHenko I don’t know if it has everything on your list, but the Synology NAS software has two different tools for storing and sharing photos and albums. One is called Photostation and the other is Moments. I use my NAS for storing/backing up photos from iDevices but I don’t use it for sharing so I’m not sure how close a match it is.
Henrik Carlsson
21 september, 2019 15:05

@ronguest That sounds interesting, but am I right in assuming it’s for the Synology NAS only? I currently don’t use a NAS (I have an old Drobo gathering dust on a shelf) and I was hoping to solve this with either my Linode or an always on MacMini.
ronguest
21 september, 2019 15:08

@MrHenko Yes, that is for their NAS.
Henrik Carlsson
21 september, 2019 15:11

@ronguest Then that’s not exactly the right solution now, but your post gave me an idea. I seem to recall FreeNAS being a software based NAS, and there are probably other similar products as well. Maybe one of those has a photo sharing feature.