Have you ever wondered how to pronounce 'Immich', 'Dawarich', or 'Forgejo'? Me too. So I did some research and wrote a post about how to pronounce them -- and a handful of other #selfhosted software names that are commonly mispronounced.

Let me know if I missed any!

https://selfh.st/post/software-mispronounce/

#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #software #app #apps #photos #fediverse #git #location #immich #forgejo

Have you ever wondered how to pronounce 'Immich', 'Dawarich', or 'Forgejo'? Me too. So I did some research and wrote a post about how to pronounce them -- and a handful of other #selfhosted software names that are commonly mispronounced.

Let me know if I missed any!

https://selfh.st/post/software-mispronounce/

#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #software #app #apps #photos #fediverse #git #location #immich #forgejo

Got #Immich installed with a solid 3-2-1 backup plan.

What’s insane is pulling down my entire Apple Photo library. This is a real commitment!

I’ve see some CLI options, will look into that.

https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

#homelab

I think #Immich is my next #homelab install. Leaving my photos in Apple iCloud is certainly easy...

But I'm starting to get a nervous that I have no backup of that content.

Might have to look into more storage.

I've been really enjoying working with a VPS I set up through Hetzner.

My self-hosting journey so far has been:
* Pikapods
* VPS through Hetzner, so far for personal website and a few lighter services (FreshRSS)

Immich (for photos) is still on Pikapods.

I'm thinking about using an old Mac Mini I have lying around unused as a home server, and moving Immich and most other services there, keeping the website via VPS.

Has anyone repurposed a Mac Mini as a home server? This is new territory for me. I'd happily hear any advice/considerations.

#SelfHosting #VPS #Immich #Pikapods

Self-hosting my photos with Immich

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-11-29-self-hosting-photos-with-immich/

#HackerNews #SelfHosting #Immich #Photos #Privacy #TechTips

Today I discovered iCloud downloader - a CLI tool that can sync photos from iCloud to a local folder: https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

I’m now willing to set up #Immich and duplicate my photos there to know it better and see if it fits my needs.

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted#SelfHosting #iCloud

People with self-hosted photo storage: I'm considering moving from #Photoprism to #Immich. Any experiences with that (or with either of these)?

For context: I know that you can run both in parallel, but that feels like more bother than it’s worth, and getting trivial non-hacky upload in itself is enough reason to move (and that's without mentioning that Immich just seems on a much better trajectory as a project).

Addendum: experiences with using internal vs external libraries with Immich?

Today I discovered iCloud downloader - a CLI tool that can sync photos from iCloud to a local folder: https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

I’m now willing to set up #Immich and duplicate my photos there to know it better and see if it fits my needs.

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted#SelfHosting #iCloud

@andrewnez I also need to look at #immich https://github.com/immich-app/immich

I love the memory feature in #Immich. On some days it shows some precious memories that otherwise would go unnoticed.

This is 2 years ago, when I 3d printed a case for my Radxa Rock 4B board. It is still running in that case.

Although I'm a big #Nextcloud fan, the frequent issues around the auto-upload feature of the NC-#Android app drive me into looking for an alternative for the auto-Backup of my mobile photos. What's a sensible #selfhosted solution? #Syncthing ? #Immich ? Something else. Ideally, I'd like to mount that storage as read-only in Nextcloud.

Auch wenn ich großer #Nextcloud Fan bin vergeht mir bei den ständigen Autouploadproblemen der NC-#Android App und den Bugs bei vielen Appupdates so langsam die Lust darüber meine Handyfotos zu sichern. Was nimmt man stattdessen #selfhosted für den Autoupload der Fotos? #Syncthing? #Immich? Ganz was anderes? Am besten so, dass man den Fotospeicher noch in der Nextcloud mounten kann zum anschauen, aber halt read-only.