Icloud photos sync without mac?

[tech_noob]

Hi people,

for the people who dont have macs but prefer to keep local copies of their icloud photos, what solution do you use? Is there a reliable way to sync icloud photos to windows or linux server?

I was using a windows vm on my proxmox server to sync using official icloud app but there seems to be some bug there. The app keeps downloading stuff non-stop (as the ss below). last few months, its been using close to 3tb data per month on its own even though all the photos are already synced to my vm.

any working solution will be highly appreciated.

[Heisen]

Try iCloud for windows.

[tech_noob]

Yeah, I am using that only. there is problem with that with it seems to be syncing data constantly (when there are no new photos) and using north of 3tb bandwidth every month. Please refer to snapshot above.

if you have it working, can you look at my settings if anything looks different? they seem simple enough but I just assume this is bug with the app: