21 votes

Any good alternatives to imgur?

Posted by geosmin
Tags: ask, recommendations

It's gotten pretty bad and bloated lately. What's a good no-nonsense image host? Preferably with a command line upload option.

15 comments

  1. [2]
    unknown user
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    I'm working on my own image hosting solution to this problem actually. Because I idle in IRC a lot, I often have a need to quickly screenshot things, have them auto-upload, and then have a URL to...

    I'm working on my own image hosting solution to this problem actually. Because I idle in IRC a lot, I often have a need to quickly screenshot things, have them auto-upload, and then have a URL to the image copied immediately to my clipboard. Currently I do use imgur with mileswd/mac2imgur as my auto-upload functionality, but my aim is to replace Imgur with my own portable solution (in development at lukeify/lukeify-fs), and then basically fork mac2imgur to point to my own host.

    Currently it's written in Vue/Node/RethinkDB, but I'm looking to swap Node out for dotnet to generally broaden my knowledge base of frameworks and languages.

    10 votes
    1. tan
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      Haha, I did the same thing but using Go and sqlite, as a way to learn Go and build something like the old sr.ht filehost. It's at https://github.com/expectocode/oryza

      Haha, I did the same thing but using Go and sqlite, as a way to learn Go and build something like the old sr.ht filehost.

      It's at https://github.com/expectocode/oryza

      3 votes
  2. [4]
    rkcr
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    I'm basically just repeating what others have said, but there's a cycle of image hosting on the internet... Current image hosts are bloated. Someone creates a new image host that has no bloat....

    I'm basically just repeating what others have said, but there's a cycle of image hosting on the internet...

    1. Current image hosts are bloated.
    2. Someone creates a new image host that has no bloat.
    3. Everyone switches to new service.
    4. Turns out the bloat is what made them money, so they have to add bloat in order to stay afloat.
    5. Repeat.

    Honestly, though, imgur isn't that bad if you just link directly to the image.

    9 votes
    1. [3]
      starchturrets
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      Have you tried visiting a direct link on mobile?

      Have you tried visiting a direct link on mobile?

      5 votes
      1. [2]
        rkcr
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        Interesting redirection. That's a new level of asinine I hadn't experienced before.

        Interesting redirection. That's a new level of asinine I hadn't experienced before.

        4 votes
        1. StellarTabi
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          I think if you check request desktop in forgot mobile you can see the full sized version.

          I think if you check request desktop in forgot mobile you can see the full sized version.

          1 vote
  3. [4]
    what
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    I like teknik.io (open-source, supports encryption and has a bunch of other services), it’s simple, fast, gives you a deletion link, and supports client-side encryption. I use a script that I made...

    I like teknik.io (open-source, supports encryption and has a bunch of other services), it’s simple, fast, gives you a deletion link, and supports client-side encryption.

    I use a script that I made to let me select a region, and have the image automatically uploaded, with the URL copied to my clipboard (images, URL’s, and deletion links are also saved locally do you don’t lose them).

    I also made an Android app that lets you upload the image and quickly copy the link, share it, or delete it.

    7 votes
    1. [3]
      tan
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      Nice, I used to love teknik, but haven't used them since they restricted stuff to account holders. Got an invite I could use?

      Nice, I used to love teknik, but haven't used them since they restricted stuff to account holders. Got an invite I could use?

      2 votes
  4. [2]
    unai
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    Sadly, there isn't. I mean, there are a bunch of sites that work mostly the same, but if I want to kinda know the image will be there six months from now, I trust imgur more than any other...

    Sadly, there isn't. I mean, there are a bunch of sites that work mostly the same, but if I want to kinda know the image will be there six months from now, I trust imgur more than any other pet-project alternative. And I'd be happy with imgur if not for that update they made where .jpg links now redirect to their site. But then again, I don't see how such a service can actually exist, economically.

    5 votes
    1. Treemo
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      It used to be better though. I use it for albums and you can't sort any more in the albums, you have to manually drag-and-drop. Basically unusable now and I've abandoned sharing the album links,...

      It used to be better though. I use it for albums and you can't sort any more in the albums, you have to manually drag-and-drop. Basically unusable now and I've abandoned sharing the album links, just using it as an image dump.

      2 votes
  5. json
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    Can set up one's own or a tildes one using sr.ht.

    Can set up one's own or a tildes one using sr.ht.

    2 votes
  6. pipsy
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    I've resorted to simply blocking all the uncessary elements on imgur.com with either uBlock Origin or Stylus.

    I've resorted to simply blocking all the uncessary elements on imgur.com with either uBlock Origin or Stylus.

    2 votes
  7. starchturrets
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    I've been using imgtc.com for a while now. The site has been able to keep afloat with ads for a couple of years, so I have a little bit of faith in it.

    I've been using imgtc.com for a while now. The site has been able to keep afloat with ads for a couple of years, so I have a little bit of faith in it.

    1 vote