Tool to backup Google Photos?

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  • gphotos-sync

    Google Photos and Albums backup with Google Photos Library API

  • This doesn't download the pictures in originale quality but a lower resolution of it. As the developer notes in one of their issues: https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync/issues/119

  • rclone

    "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files

  • You could also use RClone. It has Google Photos and Google Drive storage providers, and you can install it as a single executable. A simple user defined script in Control Panel - Task Scheduler, running at a specific interval can backup or sync your photos locally:

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • gphotos-cdp

    This program uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol to drive a Chrome session that downloads your photos stored in Google Photos.

  • There is a workaround that but it's not the cleanest solution: https://github.com/perkeep/gphotos-cdp

  • docker-gphotos-sync

    A Docker image for synchronizing your original-quality Google Photos

  • And you can run it as a Docker as well: https://github.com/JakeWharton/docker-gphotos-sync

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