# Fossify Gallery

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/fossify-gallery/

5 people recommended Fossify Gallery in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People switch to it from Google Photos to avoid backup prompts and paid or locked filters, and say it works well for them.

Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Avoids accidental Google Photos prompts (1 comment in the sample): "I realised I was going to press it by accident eventually so I switched to Fossify Gallery before I did." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47714485))
- No paid or locked filters (1 comment in the sample): "I switched for the exact reasons you say and the paid/locked filters that I don't use anyway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46315888))
- Works well for simple use (1 comment in the sample): "It's an oldschool solution to the problem but it works great for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330371))
- Icon background colour can be set (1 comment in the sample): "paired with "fossify" gallery, which is nice as I can set the background coulor of the icon to black" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278913))

## Other photo managers people recommend

- [Immich](https://hackerapproved.com/p/immich/): 228 recommend, 54 mixed, 51 criticize
- [Google Photos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-photos/): 41 recommend, 27 mixed, 135 criticize
- [Apple Photos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-photos/): 39 recommend, 24 mixed, 83 criticize
- [digiKam](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digikam/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fossify Gallery", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fossify-gallery/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.