gotohp

Unofficial Google Photos Desktop GUI Client

• Unlimited uploads (can be disabled)
• Drag-and-drop file upload interface
• Credential management
• Real-time upload progress tracking
• Configurable upload threads
• Individual files or directories uploads, with optional recursive scanning
• Skips files already present in your account
• Configurable, presistent upload settings (stored in "%homepath%/.config/gotohp")

Download

Requires mobile app credentials to work

You only need to do this once.

Option 1 - ReVanced. No root required

1. Install Google Photos ReVanced on your android device/emulator.

   • Install GmsCore https://github.com/ReVanced/GmsCore/releases
   • Install patched apk https://github.com/j-hc/revanced-magisk-module/releases or patch it yourself

2. Connect the device to your PC via ADB.

3. Open the terminal on your PC and execute

   Windows

   adb logcat | FINDSTR "auth%2Fphotos.native"

   Linux/Mac

   adb logcat | grep "auth%2Fphotos.native"

4. If you are already using ReVanced - remove Google Account from GmsCore.

5. Open Google Photos ReVanced on your device and log into your account.

6. One or more identical GmsCore logs should appear in the terminal.

7. Copy text from androidId= to the end of the line from any log.

8. That's it! 🎉

Option 2 - Official apk. Root required

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1. Get a rooted android device or an emulator. Recommended Android versions 9-13

2. Connect the device to your PC via ADB.

3. Install HTTP Toolkit

4. In HTTP Toolkit, select Intercept - Android Device via ADB. Filter traffic with

   contains(https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photos.native)
   

   Or if you have an older version of Google Photos, try

   contains(www.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fplus.photos.readwrite)
   

5. Open Google Photos app and login with your account.

6. A single request should appear.
   Copy request body as text.

Troubleshooting

• No Auth Request Intercepted
  1. Log out of your Google account.
  2. Log in again.
  3. Try Android App via Frida interception method in HTTP Toolkit.

Build

Follow official wails3 guide https://v3alpha.wails.io/getting-started/installation/