Chosing the right photo app for my family

So, Immich vs Ente, this is my last piece of the selfhosted puzzle. Please help me make an informed decision:

Immich

on the plus side, it seems to have more features and it has a gazillion integrations with other selfhosted software. Downside: breaking changes are fairly common AFAIK.

Ente

looks like the opposite, more mature, scoped and less integrated.

Am I reading this right? Am I missing something?

Edit: Thanks everyone, I’m going with immich!

  • warmaster@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    12 hours ago

    Good to know. it’s very tempting. It has every feature we need, and it integrates to every other relevant app I selfhost.

    Do you keep a backup? How do you do it?

    • BartyDeCanter@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      Immich is great. I run a small friends and family instance on a NAS and I’ve never had a hiccup that took more than ten minutes to fix. My backup system is borg to a Hetzner storage box nightly with a healthchecks.io check set to email me if it goes more than 48 hours without a success. Cheap, reliable, and fast enough for me.

    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      I’m super basic backup wise.

      I run a rsync command that backs up the database dump and all the immich assets to a USB hdd. I do that every couple of days or when I think about it haha

      I then back that USB drive up to another USB drive on my personal computer.

      These drives are wd Reds and in USB enclosure.

      My buddy has offered to host a off site backup but I have a toddler and as such 0 time.

      I probably should look into some cold storage or something but shits expensive these days and I’m currently satisfied with where I am.

      Knocks on wood

      Additional context… I’m running Debian with mergerfs across like 8 drives. So my photos are spread across several drives in my /storage/photos folder. So In oder to lose everything all at once. It would have to be a flood or house fire or something…