Fossify Gallery
Shares rank 6 of 8 photo managers by recommenders
People switch to it from Google Photos to avoid backup prompts and paid or locked filters, and say it works well for them.
People switch to it from Google Photos to avoid backup prompts and paid or locked filters, and say it works well for them.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Avoids accidental Google Photos prompts
“I realised I was going to press it by accident eventually so I switched to Fossify Gallery before I did.”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “How Microsoft Abuses Its Users” No paid or locked filters
“I switched for the exact reasons you say and the paid/locked filters that I don't use anyway.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Google, stop uploading my photos and saying that storage is full” Works well for simple use
“It's an oldschool solution to the problem but it works great for me.”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “How do I permanently disable Google Photos pop-up prompt to backup my photos?” Icon background colour can be set
“paired with "fossify" gallery, which is nice as I can set the background coulor of the icon to black”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Open Camera is a FOSS Camera App for Android”
Other photo managers people recommend
The four most recommended other photo managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 296 | 65 | 82% | 12 | 1 yr33 owners | Approved |
| Google Photos | 73 | 143 | 34% | 12 | — | — |
| Apple Photos | 66 | 87 | 43% | 12 | — | — |
| PhotoPrism | 10 | 4 | 71% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Fossify GalleryThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's an oldschool solution to the problem but it works great for me.”
“I realised I was going to press it by accident eventually so I switched to Fossify Gallery before I did.”
“paired with "fossify" gallery, which is nice as I can set the background coulor of the icon to black”
“I switched for the exact reasons you say and the paid/locked filters that I don't use anyway.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.