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Immich — Available on request

Website: https://photos.deepinthesand.com

What it does

A self-hosted photo & video backup with auto-upload from your phone, face recognition, object/scene search, maps view, albums, and shared albums — a true Google Photos replacement.

Replaces

Google Photos, iCloud Photos, Amazon Photos.

How to get access

This service is available on request — email or ask Ammo directly. The default quota is 100 GB.

Need more space? You can:

  • Make your own server with our help, from an existing old PC or buying a used PC, plus storage, to add to the network, increasing storage and spreading the load, or
  • Contribute storage to the home server (a spare HDD/SSD), or
  • Sponsor additional storage for the cost of a drive amortised over its life.

Either way, it will always be cheaper than the paid equivalent (Google One, iCloud+, Dropbox Plus, etc.) — and your data stays on hardware you can physically point at.

Login

Sign in with Authentik SSO — click Sign in with Authentik / OpenID. If you're already signed in to Authentik, you'll be let straight through. See Authentik if you haven't set up your account or 2FA yet.

Apps

  • Android: Immich on Google Play / F-Droid.
  • iOS: Immich on the App Store.
  • Server URL: https://photos.deepinthesand.com.

Quick start

  1. Install the mobile app, log in via SSO, set the server URL.
  2. Enable Background backup of your camera roll.
  3. Browse on the web — search by face, place, or "beach", "dog", "screenshot", etc.

Tip

You can keep Google Photos auto-upload running in parallel while you verify Immich is reliable for you — then turn off Google's.

Problem with this service? Message Ammo or email admin(Q)deepinthesand(P)com.