If the idea of having your photo collection sitting at Google or Apple bothers you, but you still want to auto-upload your mobile photos, and want family and friends to be able to browse using a modern interface, PhotoPrism may be worth looking into.
It installs in Docker and will run on Windows, Linux, macOS, or Raspberry Pi. Since the client user interface is a Progressive Web App, it provides a native app-like experience, and you can conveniently install it on the home screen of all major operating systems and mobile devices. You can use PhotoSync mobile app to securely backup iOS and Android phones in the background to PhotoPrism.
The AI is the wonder part though, as it sorts and searches by recognising faces, locations, automatic classication based on content, colours, chroma, etc.
See https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism
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