I want to get into selfhosting since I control of my data and not having to worry about copying my files everytime I flash a new is on my phone. The question is, should I use immich or next cloud? If immich is superior for photos, I don’t mind not having my files on the cloud. I will be self hosting on a rpi4 I have (if it’s possible)

Edit: Thank you all very much for the replies! I will install immich for now and probably setup nextcloud at a later date.

  • AlexTECPlayz@techhub.social
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    2 days ago

    @simop_jo Well, I’ve only tested Nextcloud so far on my Raspberry Pi 5, but I would definitely use Immich if I had the budget for a NAS right now.

    I want the Google Photos experience, which is most likely the intended target audience for this service.

    They’re not really comparable IMO, different feature sets for different use cases.

    Nextcloud is more like a budget Google all-in-one that has fewer features, looks and behaves differently, while dedicated services such as Immich (alternative to Google Photos), FileRun (alternative to Google Drive) aim to be the hyper-specific, ultra-seamless alternatives you can plop in and not feel that you’re missing any feature, and that look and feel the same.