Imgur Replacement

Question

They are now doing heavy cross site tracking, loading ads from dozens of domains, and no longer allow uploads unless you whitelist several ads/analytics/tracking domains that also request canvas and WebGL and microphone data. There are/were also autoplaying loud video ads "while you wait" on top of all the tracking. They load pixels from Facebook explicitly.Is there a simple-ish alternative for the direct link occasional image upload, ideally one I can just Cmd+V into a web page?I do this so rarely it's not worth setting up a webserver. It would be helpful to offer a few recs for non-technical friends too; it'd be ideal if it strips timestamp/EXIF data too as a side effect like imgur did.Most of my uploads are demonstration screenshots via Snipping Tool, so they usually don't exist on the filesystem, just clipboard.some I've tried:- ibb.co tries their hardest to not give you a direct link, only thumbnail w/link to their site.- photobucket and tinypic no longer exist.- dropbox requires account and can't easily be uploaded to; requires files- flickr, requires account, difficult to direct link; not sure if this has changed since smugmug; requires files- deviantart, not meant for this purpose; requires account and file upload- google photos, no direct link, requires g account

jamesponddotco · Accepted Answer

While not simple at first, I found that buying a new domain and pointing it to a storage zone within BunnyCDN[1] solved my problems with Imgur perfectly. It also provided a whole afternoon of fun for my wife and I while we brainstormed names for our personal image hosting service.
I wrote a simple wrapper script to upload[2] and have had no problems since. The script calls another script to optimize the image before uploading[3], but if you prefer to skip that part, BunnyCDN has something they call Bunny Optimizer[4] that can handle it for you on their side, for a fee ($9.50 per month).
The storage box set me back $1.92 last year plus $50 for the domain — because of the TLD —, and I can use it to do whatever I want, with no tracking, ads, or the annoying social aspect that most image hosting websites inevitably add in a desperate attempt to make money[5] — instead of, you know, charging from the get go.
[1] https://bunnycdn.com/
[2] https://git.sr.ht/~jamesponddotco/dotfiles/tree/master/.loca...
[3] https://git.sr.ht/~jamesponddotco/dotfiles/tree/master/.loca...
[4] https://bunnycdn.com/solutions/bunny-optimizer
[5] https://drewdevault.com/2014/10/10/The-profitability-of-onli...

LinuxBender · Answer

NeoCities [0] And you could use scripts + ImageMagick [1] + ffmpeg [2] to make thumbnail pages or albums for your images and videos. I do not have any links handy for making albums, but you can find them in your language of choice. The advantage to this method is that if some day [image host site] does not like you or they go out of business, you can push your albums to a different site. Most git repo sites like Github and Gitlab should also work.
[0] - https://neocities.org/
[1] - https://imagemagick.org/
[2] - https://ffmpeg.org/

SubGenius · Answer

Not quite the exact thing you want, but all image uploads on Gurlic are directly linkable. And they end up under the user's `/images` endpoint too.
For eg:
https://gurlic.com/bob/images
All exif/metadata is stripped, but there is a bit of compression. I think I'll allow high-res images if people care enough to use it. I should implement pasting/dropping images too. Didn't think of that before..

pmiller2 · Answer

What are you talking about? Unless they just recently changed it, they allow uploads for me, and I have uBlock origin plus Ghostery running.

diogenesjunior · Answer

GitHub, no? Just create a repo and upload an image, direct links will work! And all of your images will be saved in an easily accessible place. - As far as your Imgur itself, I don't like where it is going. I use the site a lot, and my reputation shows that, but the annoying ads have got to go.

therealmocker · Answer

I use Dropshare (https://dropshare.app) for images / screenshots, may be close to what you are looking for. Point it to an S3 bucket and whenever you clip an image it puts the URL in your clipboard.

reader345611 · Answer

Not what you are looking for, but there is ImgurViewer app on fdroid. Works well with imgur, gfycat, redgifs and more

sweepyjunior · Answer

https://vgy.me is a good one

justinv · Answer

https://imgz.org

sdevonoes · Answer

What's the downside of sharing the url of the image instead?