Hello internet friends! What is the best way to share a set of photos with a select few people, while being able to add more photos over an extended period of time? Must not rely on creating an account like on iCloud. I have my own thoughts but I… aaronparecki.com/2022/10/06/…

Hello internet friends! What is the best way to share a set ...

Hello internet friends! What is the best way to share a set of photos with a select few people, while being able to add more photos over an extended period of time? Must not rely on creating an...

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Oct 7, 2022 · 2:20 AM UTC

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To be clear, open source is nice but not a requirement. However I don't want to require that someone who has no current affiliation with a big name like Apple/Google/Amazon have to create an account on that service.
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Replying to @aaronpk
Might not be the best, but works.(Not high res) cluster.co/

Cluster - Group sharing for friends & family. The antidote to social media.

Cluster gives you a private space to share photos and memories with the people you choose, away from social media. Make your own groups and share pics, videos, comments, and chat!

cluster.co
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That's interesting, it looks like basically a private Instagram account that you can share with specific people. Promising.
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maybe not the best way but i had a good experience with waschinski/photo-stream on github (jekyll)
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Looks nice. And then put it behind a password of some sort? Have you tried that before?
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I decided to try out NextCloud for this, it mostly works, but has some weird things: * The new dashboard view is completely useless for this use case * It's weird that I'm giving people an entire toolset just to be able to look at photos
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also, the tools for managing photos are extremely limited, like not being able to adjust modification dates of photos, and not being able to choose sort order within albums
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Replying to @aaronpk
Honestly, probably a private group message on your app of choice. iCloud can share no-account-required photo sets via iCloud link, but you can’t add to the link over time and would have to reshare. Otherwise you could go old-school and self-host a photo page behind a password.
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Going old school may end up being the best option to be honest
Replying to @aaronpk
It’s not great but iCloud shared albums have a website option that does not require the recipient to have an account. Handy if you already rely on it.
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