Is there a demo instance? I could use that for testing of it exists.

It'd on my list but the self hosting setup is not straightforward (no docker image yet)

debian\ubuntu vm on proxmox. Then you can snapshot the whole deal and take easy backups of everything using proxmox backup server.

Trilium. Share the nodes in the tree that you want public.

I went through this as well. This resource should help those starting out: https://github.com/meichthys/foss_photo_libraries

Future work on the project is being carried out in a new project called TriliumNext which had the blessing of the original developer. Trilium has a bright future in this fork 👍

Memos is actually quite a nice option: https://github.com/usememos/memos

Vault warden Send Pair drop is also neat (an airdrop replacement)

This. Save yourself some time and just go with Trillium. It does not have a native mobile app yet, but when it does, there'll be nothing to compare! :P

The issue could still be a fail-to-band issue if fail-to-band is looking at the user agent string (I'm not sure fail to ban looks at the user agent string, but it might be worth checking out.). The user agent string would likely be different on a mobile app versus a browser login.

Trilium for personal use cases. It is very easy to host, edit, and navigate. Public sharing is easy too.

This. Nextcloud news is great on the web and mobile. It just works and is ideal if you already run Nextcloud.

If you already run NextCloud, then NextCloud Memories (not photos) is very good.

Nextcloud maps works reasonably well although mobile view isn't great.

That's the beauty of next cloud in my opinion. You only need to enable the apps that you need. It would be nice if there was a little bit better discovery when it comes to finding apps. The app store is useful but only internal next cloud apps seem to be promoted there.

You're on the right track with nextcloud however using the built-in photos app is going to be very slow. You should install the nextcloud memories app and you will see a very significant improvement in speed.

Trillium has attributes which are very similar and very versatile.

There is a mobile view plugin that makes the mobile pwa much more usable.

You can easily set up trilium notes via docker compose. That comes with excalidraw bundled in 👍

The two main ones that come to mind that I use are open sense and home assistant which both have add-ons to backup directly to next cloud