Photo & video library

Ente Photos

End-to-end encrypted photo storage you can also self-host.

open source self-hostable Ente · ?

Encrypted before upload so the provider cannot see your photos; the open-source server can also run on your own hardware.

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How you can run it

Way	Where the data lives	Price basis	Verdict
Host it myself	your own server or hardware	free	green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure.
Hosted in Europe	region unknown	≈ €3/mo flat	unknown — We do not yet know where this company or its servers are.

Facts

Company / project	Ente (jurisdiction unknown) — Jurisdiction not verified
Licence	AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting footprint	1024 MB RAM · 0.5 vCPU · 10 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people
Commonly replaces	Google Photos
Provenance	curated, verified 2026-09-04

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