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📁 Lynavo/lynavo-drive

Syncs mobile photos and videos to desktop over local LAN with automatic incremental transfers and read-only queue

⭐ Stars: 520
📅 Last Update: Jul 31, 2026

https://github.com/Lynavo/lynavo-drive

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #photosync #locallan

📸 fregie/pho

A serverless application for viewing and synchronizing photos to cloud storage

Views and syncs photos to cloud storage without a server, organizing files by date and supporting SMB, WebDAV, and NFS

⭐ Stars: 1128
📅 Last Update: Jul 29, 2026

https://github.com/fregie/pho

#selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #photosync #cloudstorage

Immich v2.7.0 is out, bringing enhancements to the asset viewer, security improvements, and changes to duplicate APIs. This release also prepares for the upcoming v3.0.0.

#immich #selfhosted #photosync

On PhotoSync and Photo Uploader for Photoprism

Photosync is a photo uploading app that allows you to upload to various devices and cloud solutions with ease. Photo Uploader for Photoprism is a specialist app for Photoprism. The reason for which I bring up both of these apps is that they allow you to sync to photoprism.

When I was testing uploads with Photosync I noticed that I can upload to the Photoprism library directly but that it creates a "current_phone" folder, and adds photos within this folder. Since my originals folder is meant to be clean and chronological this breaks the flow I want.

That's why I tested Photo Uploader for Photoprism. This is a specialist app. It's designed to upload to Photoprism and nothing else. I configured it correctly, went out for a walk and uploaded a few pictures and they appeared right where I expected and wanted them to appear.

Tidy with Photo Uploader

If I use a Fairphone 4, and an iPhone Se, and an Iphone 14 I'd end up with three or four camera folders, each filed with photos. It would require manual maintenance to ensure that the library remains organised chronologically.

With a chronological library photos appear by year, month, day, so whether you upload from camera A or B, or C, they all get organised into the same hierarchy reducing the risk of duplicates, triplicates or worse. It also makes it possible to share your library between apps.

Imagine that you have a photos directory that Photoprism can feed and Immich and Nextcloud can see. If Immich and Nextcloud can see the same directory as Photoprism, then photoprism is the primary interface and Immich and Nextcloud mirror it.

In this way you have a single library to backup and maintain and the others mirror. With rsync you can mirror this drive to a secondary drive for a backup, and you can also get a service like kdrive, iCloud, Google Drive or other to watch and mirror changes either automatically or via cron jobs.

Versatile with PhotoSync

Photosync offeers WebDav, Google Drive, Google Photos, Flickr, Photoprism and more. If you want to you can set it up to sync automatically to the service of choice, and you can tell it to delete photos once they're backed up. I never use the delete after backup option. I prefer to have files mirrored in at least one other place before deleting files.

Date Based Folders

While looking through I noticed that we have the Date Based Formats option, and the option of choosing recording date (year + month + day). I took a test photo this morning and it was automatically sorted into 2026/02/18/filename. By keeping the desired folder hierarchy I have little to no tidying up to do.

And Finally

Photosync and Photo Uploader for Photoprism do almost the same thing. Photosync feels more polished and stable. By allowing me to keep the folder hierarchy I want I can then feed Immich and Nextcloud with the shared folder without worrying about duplicates and triplicates.

If there is a breaking change for Photoprism, or Immich, and I need to start from scratch, my folder hierarchy will simplify the task, thanks in part to how Photosync or Photo Uploader for Photoprism, helped me keep my photos organised.

On PhotoSync and Photo Uploader for Photoprism

Photosync is a photo uploading app that allows you to upload to various devices and cloud solutions with ease. Photo Uploader for Photoprism is a specialist app for Photoprism. The reason for which I bring up both of these apps is that they allow you to sync to photoprism.

When I was testing uploads with Photosync I noticed that I can upload to the Photoprism library directly but that it creates a "current_phone" folder, and adds photos within this folder. Since my originals folder is meant to be clean and chronological this breaks the flow I want.

That's why I tested Photo Uploader for Photoprism. This is a specialist app. It's designed to upload to Photoprism and nothing else. I configured it correctly, went out for a walk and uploaded a few pictures and they appeared right where I expected and wanted them to appear.

Tidy with Photo Uploader

If I use a Fairphone 4, and an iPhone Se, and an Iphone 14 I'd end up with three or four camera folders, each filed with photos. It would require manual maintenance to ensure that the library remains organised chronologically.

With a chronological library photos appear by year, month, day, so whether you upload from camera A or B, or C, they all get organised into the same hierarchy reducing the risk of duplicates, triplicates or worse. It also makes it possible to share your library between apps.

Imagine that you have a photos directory that Photoprism can feed and Immich and Nextcloud can see. If Immich and Nextcloud can see the same directory as Photoprism, then photoprism is the primary interface and Immich and Nextcloud mirror it.

In this way you have a single library to backup and maintain and the others mirror. With rsync you can mirror this drive to a secondary drive for a backup, and you can also get a service like kdrive, iCloud, Google Drive or other to watch and mirror changes either automatically or via cron jobs.

Versatile with PhotoSync

Photosync offeers WebDav, Google Drive, Google Photos, Flickr, Photoprism and more. If you want to you can set it up to sync automatically to the service of choice, and you can tell it to delete photos once they're backed up. I never use the delete after backup option. I prefer to have files mirrored in at least one other place before deleting files.

Date Based Folders

While looking through I noticed that we have the Date Based Formats option, and the option of choosing recording date (year + month + day). I took a test photo this morning and it was automatically sorted into 2026/02/18/filename. By keeping the desired folder hierarchy I have little to no tidying up to do.

And Finally

Photosync and Photo Uploader for Photoprism do almost the same thing. Photosync feels more polished and stable. By allowing me to keep the folder hierarchy I want I can then feed Immich and Nextcloud with the shared folder without worrying about duplicates and triplicates.

If there is a breaking change for Photoprism, or Immich, and I need to start from scratch, my folder hierarchy will simplify the task, thanks in part to how Photosync or Photo Uploader for Photoprism, helped me keep my photos organised.

The #immich #ios client is not making backups consistently - at least on my phone. I remember having similar problems with the android version as well.

What works like a charm is #PhotoSync you can buy a lifetime license which allows automation. Like syncing when coming home or charging. And it can handle pretty much any storage target like samba shares.

For backup simplicity reasons I decided to only use Immich with external libraries - perfect combination.

The #immich #ios client is not making backups consistently - at least on my phone. I remember having similar problems with the android version as well.

What works like a charm is #PhotoSync you can buy a lifetime license which allows automation. Like syncing when coming home or charging. And it can handle pretty much any storage target like samba shares.

For backup simplicity reasons I decided to only use Immich with external libraries - perfect combination.

Ich kann zB. #PhotoSync empfehlen, um sich Fototechnisch von der Apple/Google Cloud distanzieren zu können. Synct Deine Fotos von Deinem Gerät auf zB. ein SambaShare und zurück.
Ja, kostet etwas. Wie ich finde, wenig für die erbrachte Leistung: 6,99 € / Jahr.
https://www.photosync-app.com/de/index

Ich kann zB. #PhotoSync empfehlen, um sich Fototechnisch von der Apple/Google Cloud distanzieren zu können. Synct Deine Fotos von Deinem Gerät auf zB. ein SambaShare und zurück.
Ja, kostet etwas. Wie ich finde, wenig für die erbrachte Leistung: 6,99 € / Jahr.
https://www.photosync-app.com/de/index

@sesivany @newhinton I am pretty happy with #PhotoSync. Give it a try. So far I have tried #photoprism and #Immich as targets.

@_DigitalWriter_ Das möchte ich mal ausdrücken bestätigen. #PhotoSync ist klasse.

I just discovered the #FOSS equivalent to #Google Photos and Authenticator - #Ente Photos and Auth respectively. I was pretty hyped to see that they've mobile clients that not just work with their main instances, but could also be configured to connect to your own self-hosted instance.

I thought to check it out, self-hosting Ente Photos myself... but then saw that it uses/relies on S3 (like) storage which I and my homelab server honestly know nothing of... so yeah I'm holding off for now. I'd love something like G Photos that could just access and add/remove my photos from my NAS/SMB share - something like #PhotoSync (I think) but FOSS and self-hostable.

Also it seems #Docker support for the Ente web-apps seems to be incomplete or unofficially supported for now - so I think I'll wait for somebody like linuxserver.io to take up on this service and add it to their fleet. Regardless though, Ente seems super cool and I'm hyped to see how these projects fare and what they come up with next.

🔗 https://ente.io

I just discovered the #FOSS equivalent to #Google Photos and Authenticator - #Ente Photos and Auth respectively. I was pretty hyped to see that they've mobile clients that not just work with their main instances, but could also be configured to connect to your own self-hosted instance.

I thought to check it out, self-hosting Ente Photos myself... but then saw that it uses/relies on S3 (like) storage which I and my homelab server honestly know nothing of... so yeah I'm holding off for now. I'd love something like G Photos that could just access and add/remove my photos from my NAS/SMB share - something like #PhotoSync (I think) but FOSS and self-hostable.

Also it seems #Docker support for the Ente web-apps seems to be incomplete or unofficially supported for now - so I think I'll wait for somebody like linuxserver.io to take up on this service and add it to their fleet. Regardless though, Ente seems super cool and I'm hyped to see how these projects fare and what they come up with next.

🔗 https://ente.io

Using #PhotoSync to sync my newly-created photos in real-time from my phone to my #PhotoPrism server is damn powerful!

#Photos #degoogle #SelfHosted #DIY

Using #PhotoSync to sync my newly-created photos in real-time from my phone to my #PhotoPrism server is damn powerful!

#Photos #degoogle #SelfHosted #DIY

It's week two on #PhotoPrism after switching away from #Immich . So far so good.

#SelfHosted #Photosync #DIY #Linux #Photos #DeGoogle #DeGoogled

It's week two on #PhotoPrism after switching away from #Immich . So far so good.

#SelfHosted #Photosync #DIY #Linux #Photos #DeGoogle #DeGoogled

In order to not make the mistake of leaving all my photos on my phone so that they’re potentially gone forever if I lose the phone, I regularly use an app called #Photosync to wirelessly flush out all my photos to the PC before deleting 99% of them from the phone. It creates a PC folder with today’s date, and names each jpg/mov by the date and timestamp when taken. I’m also loosely categorizing them - family, cat, keyboards, tech, toys, food etc. Super useful app. Highly recommended. 1/2

In order to not make the mistake of leaving all my photos on my phone so that they’re potentially gone forever if I lose the phone, I regularly use an app called #Photosync to wirelessly flush out all my photos to the PC before deleting 99% of them from the phone. It creates a PC folder with today’s date, and names each jpg/mov by the date and timestamp when taken. I’m also loosely categorizing them - family, cat, keyboards, tech, toys, food etc. Super useful app. Highly recommended. 1/2

@sb some great stuff there! I love #Nextcloud, I use it as a #PhotoSync endpoint to back up my photos from my #iPhone to :)

https://www.photosync-app.com/home

@sb some great stuff there! I love #Nextcloud, I use it as a #PhotoSync endpoint to back up my photos from my #iPhone to :)

https://www.photosync-app.com/home

For those who never really found a good solution for copying/backing up their iPhone photos to PC, may I recommend #PhotoSync. Each time you want to export your photos you just run the app on the phone and hold down the quick transfer icon. The app then triggers a transfer of all photos/videos taken since the last sync and you can then delete them from phone if needed. You can do a million additional things like autoconvert HEIC, custom naming for the target file folder structure, and it supports lots of targets like Backblaze, Google Photos, Wasabi, Dropbox, SMB, custom FTP server eg on your desktop PC and more. 100% worth the NON-RECURRING pro or premium membership cost as it's so easy to use that you'll actually do it and not need to worry about losing all your photos if you lose your phone. (Yeah, iCloud yada yada, I dunno about y'all but I've taken WAY more than 5gb of photos and videos over the years, *each individual SYNC* of mine is over that amount).

https://www.photosync-app.com/home

For those who never really found a good solution for copying/backing up their iPhone photos to PC, may I recommend #PhotoSync. Each time you want to export your photos you just run the app on the phone and hold down the quick transfer icon. The app then triggers a transfer of all photos/videos taken since the last sync and you can then delete them from phone if needed. You can do a million additional things like autoconvert HEIC, custom naming for the target file folder structure, and it supports lots of targets like Backblaze, Google Photos, Wasabi, Dropbox, SMB, custom FTP server eg on your desktop PC and more. 100% worth the NON-RECURRING pro or premium membership cost as it's so easy to use that you'll actually do it and not need to worry about losing all your photos if you lose your phone. (Yeah, iCloud yada yada, I dunno about y'all but I've taken WAY more than 5gb of photos and videos over the years, *each individual SYNC* of mine is over that amount).

https://www.photosync-app.com/home

Hmmm, is #PhotoSync still supported? Their #iOS app hasn't been updated in a year. #SelfHosting

Edit: the #android app was updated last month.

Hmmm, is #PhotoSync still supported? Their #iOS app hasn't been updated in a year. #SelfHosting

Edit: the #android app was updated last month.

First stage of my little home lab project is done.
The final few things I'd bought arrived today, so I assembled the Argon One m.2 and put a 1tb nvme ssd inside. Managed to get raspbian light onto the ssd and boot from it. Installed Casaos and Photoprism. Things seem to work, pics uploaded from my phone with the #PhotoSync app appear as do the ones from my desktop computer. Mostly.
It's time for bed now, though. Unfortunately my boss will not believe me if I am suddenly unwell tomorrow.

@cooper not yet, but I was considering #Syncthing for synchronisation and something like #PhotoPrism for categorising and sharing; they have a #DockerCompose available for #Selfhosting (https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/docker-compose/)

Apparently this¹ #PhotoSync also works with it, but I was considering Syncthing Lite (apparently hasn't been updated in 3.5 years 😔).

Alternatively I would run Nextcloud and their clients for photo syncing and sharing ✌️🙃

1) https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html

@Photor mit dem Nextcloud Fotosync war ich auch nur bedingt zufrieden. Für One-Way funktioniert #PhotoSync gegen ein #Samba-Share recht gut, bisher.