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Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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I’d be interested in reports from people who have used or are using Ente for self-hosting.

Same here. I currently use photoprism, which is good, but i’m always on the look for a great self-hosted photo app.

I’m using Immich and it’s quite decent. The native app has some annoying glitches.

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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post #11
post #5

I’d be interested in reports from people who have used or are using Ente for self-hosting.

Same here. I currently use photoprism, which is good, but i’m always on the look for a great self-hosted photo app.

The AI in photoprism was too embarrassing that I gave up on it. How did you get it working properly?

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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Their local approach to ML is to be praised, I just wish we had different terms for Edge (cloud servers running close to users) vs Edge (end user devices).

Hey Franky47, glad to see our latest discussion still on-going on the edge semantics!

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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I’m looking exactly for something like that. But 2.99 Euro a month is too expensive, when even Apple only wants 99 cents.

Honestly, everyone can do what they want with their money but working in tech and being on a site like this and seeing this comment makes me really sad

We all want cool things, secure, where our data is protected and we are not the product, but 3 euros a month is too much?

No wonder big tech gets bigger and the rich get richer. The silicon valley VC funded feifdoms become more entrenched and, in the end, we all suffer for it

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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Does it do background sync on iOS?. There are so many alternatives to Apple Photos, all with this handicap. “Leave the app open for it to sync”

Photos are the only reason I pay for the 2 TB plan on iCloud. I don’t need all the photos on device all the time. If I can _reliably_ stash them in remote servers and have a way to access them on-demand on the phone, I can take the money I give Apple and pay for the app that enables me. But only if I don’t have to remember to open the app every now and then and watch it sync my photos. It needs to be as easy to use as Apple Photos..

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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I want a self hosted photo backup service for family that doesn't need 4gb ram. I do not need heavy transcoding or stuff. Just a place for people to dump their photos on. I have looked at some alternatives but they are all resource hungry from respective docs. If pixelfed can run on php and limited resources , why not some google photos alternative? Is there something lightweight that let's multiple people to share t…

What exactly would you want? Would you be willing to pay for it? How much?

Re: Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative

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The UI looks great. Couldn't find any info about self hosting but I did find a feature request in GitHub Issues [1]. I guess I'll stick with Immich [2] for now. Edit: Found a Reddit AMA [3] from the CEO and I'm happy to know that self hosting is a goal in the long run. [1] https://github.com/ente-io/ente/issues/141 [2] https://immich.app/ [3] https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/116fx9v/ama_im_vi...

I'm really happy with immich. It's amazing how well everything works and how feature-complete it is given how relatively young the project is and fast-moving development is going. I self-host an instance and do a nightly backup with duplicati to cloud storage.

The only downside for me is that there's a new release almost every couple of days, with a message that the backend is out of date. Which is both a pro and a con, but for me it's anxiety inducing because there's breaking changes sometimes and you can't just auto-update. A pace like Home Assistant feels more comfortable.

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