Based on our record, Piwigo.org seems to be a lot more popular than TextMe. While we know about 26 links to Piwigo.org, we've tracked only 2 mentions of TextMe. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
GoogleFU says this looks to be what you are after or at least similar https://go-text.me/. Source: about 1 year ago
On your phone download TextMe and create an account for it. Your textme phone number has to be in the US state where you're shipito address is (well maybe not but again, for safety's sake). Unfortunately it's not free to get a US number,but it's on sale now, I think it's like $2. (I don't know if there's any other app like this that's free, but this worked for me.). Source: over 3 years ago
This is not for everyone, but I host my family photos myself, most recently with this: https://piwigo.org/. I have been doing this since 2007 (started on a different software, called "gallery". Was able to migrate from gallery2 to gallery3 and now piwigo), and so far no major issues. Advantage: I can easily share photos with family, no need for iCloud, Facebook, or indeed any service- they just need a web browser... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
There is also Piwigo which is open-source and can be self hosted. https://piwigo.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
A couple additiona maybe?: - Piwigo great for photo management. Could be used as an alternative to Google Photos - Nexcloud for file sharing. Replacement for Google Drive. Source: about 1 year ago
I use https://piwigo.org/ on a old PC that I installed Linux on. Source: about 1 year ago
I have on my list to evaluate self-hosted image clouds Piwigo and Photoprism but they don't bridge the photogrammetry gap either. It might even be more time consuming if I have to download the assets I'm working on first. Source: about 1 year ago
TextNow - TextNow is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that provides a free phone service to users by using other cellular networks coverage.
PhotoPrism.app - PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.
Dingtone - Dingtone is a free call and texting application for making unlimited calls and text messages to any number at the moment registered in any part of the world by any cellular company.
Google Photos - All your photos are backed up safely, organized and labeled automatically, so you can find them fast, and share them how you like.
Textnow.com - It lets you text your friends, aka my only source of happiness
Lychee by Electerious - Lychee is an open-source, free software program for self-hosted photo management. It can be installed on the user's own server or website. The software permits the uploading and management of photos and also makes sharing photos very easy.