Google Photos → Storj
PhotoBridge moves your Google Photos into Storj's decentralized storage network, with original capture dates restored and nothing re-compressed.
Free tier to try it · one-time pass for a full migration · no subscription
Storj spreads each file, encrypted, across a global network of independent nodes rather than one datacenter — appealing if you want resilient, privacy-minded storage you control. It offers an S3-compatible gateway, so PhotoBridge uploads straight to it after fixing the dates Google Takeout mangles.
Google Takeout dumps the real capture date into a separate .json file, so exported photos show the export date instead. PhotoBridge reads those sidecars and writes the original date back into each photo's EXIF — your library stays in order.
Every photo and video is moved byte-for-byte. We never re-encode, downscale, or strip metadata — what lands at your destination is exactly what Google had.
Already-moved files are detected and skipped, so you can run it again safely. A migration survives interruptions and picks up where it left off — even a multi-hundred-GB library.
How it works
Choose Google Photos in Takeout at a large archive size — see the in-app guide.
In PhotoBridge, pick “S3-compatible storage” and choose Storj, then add your S3-gateway access key, secret, and bucket. The endpoint is filled in for you.
We unpack each archive, restore the original photo dates from the sidecars, and upload to Storj, organized by date.
No need to keep the page open; we'll email a report when your migration is complete.
Yes. PhotoBridge restores each photo's true capture date from its Google Takeout sidecar into the EXIF before upload, so Storj holds them with the right dates.
No — files are copied exactly as Google stored them, with no re-encoding or metadata stripping.
Yes. Large, split Takeout exports are exactly what PhotoBridge automates, with safe resume after interruptions.
Through Storj's S3-compatible gateway. Create S3 credentials (access key + secret) for a bucket in Storj, then connect them via PhotoBridge's “S3-compatible storage” option, which uses the Storj gateway endpoint.
A free tier to try it and a one-time Migration Pass for a full migration — no subscription. (Storj storage is billed by Storj.)
Moving somewhere else? PhotoBridge also moves Google Photos to MinIO, iDrive e2, Amazon S3 Glacier, and Amazon S3.
Try it free on part of your library — dates restored, full quality, no duplicates.
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