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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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Post by sen »

robertwt7 wrote: post #25

The best decision for me is still to buy synology and store everything locally on Synology photos. No subscription, expandable storage, and full privacy. It is 100% worth the extra $ if you plan on subscribing for a loong time anyway

Yeah I tried all sorts of photo services and ended up going for a Synology. You can pick them up very cheap in sales and don’t need the fastest drives or the latest CPUs if you’re only doing photo stuff and not transcoding HTPC media. With RAID and offsite backups it’s a solid and cheap (over time) system, and I don’t have to worry about some service getting bought out or shutting down.

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

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Post by qweqwe14 »

soziawa wrote: post #31
reacharavindh wrote: post #28

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…

> There are so many alternatives to Apple Photos, all with this handicap. Apple doesn't allow background execution for third party apps. Can't increase service revenue if you allow competition.

They don't "allow" it, but most apps that need background execution just ask permission for geolocation tracking and pretend to use it, for example iSH[1]. There are a few activities that the app can do to prevent itself from being suspended when it goes out of focus, like playing sound, geolocation etc.

[1] https://github.com/ish-app/ish/issues/249#issuecomment-54433...

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

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Post by bo0tzz »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #15

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…

Immich is resource-hungry on the initial import, but should run on very little after that, especially if you make some tweaks like disabling ML and transcoding.

(disclosure, I'm one of the Immich maintainers)

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

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Post by bo0tzz »

vishnumohandas wrote: post #32

Hey, Ente's CEO here. We had opensourced our server[1] yesterday, which is perhaps why we are on the front page. Stoked to be here Ente had launched on HN[2] a while ago and has been sustainably growing since. We took the feedback from our Show HN seriously and have since - undergone a cryptography audit [3] - published our replication strategy [4] - added requested features (family plans, collaborative albums and li…

This is awesome to see, congratulations from the Immich team on building an amazing app!

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

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Post by vishnumohandas »

bo0tzz wrote: post #44
vishnumohandas wrote: post #32

Hey, Ente's CEO here. We had opensourced our server[1] yesterday, which is perhaps why we are on the front page. Stoked to be here Ente had launched on HN[2] a while ago and has been sustainably growing since. We took the feedback from our Show HN seriously and have since - undergone a cryptography audit [3] - published our replication strategy [4] - added requested features (family plans, collaborative albums and li…

This is awesome to see, congratulations from the Immich team on building an amazing app!

Thank you! We're fans of Immich!

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

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Post by daeros »

NAS is so damn expensive, I'm still planning on building a PLEX media server myself and using it was way. Those QNAP things pushing 2500 for the 4k transcode things it's like OK at that point I can build something myself that has way more of the features I'd want and have way more customizability.

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

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Post by vishnumohandas »

bobek wrote: post #12

Uh, never came across them. Though Immich and damselfly were the only really usable.

For self-hosting, there's Photoprism[1] as well.

Ente's strength lies in end-to-end encryption[2] and its cloud[3] offering so you don't have to worry about reliability.

So if self-hosting is what you're after, Immich, Photoprism and Damselfly (TIL!) are perhaps better designed to serve your needs.

[1]: https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism

[2]: https://ente.io/architecture

[3]: https://ente.io/reliability

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

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Post by notum »

daeros wrote: post #47

NAS is so damn expensive, I'm still planning on building a PLEX media server myself and using it was way. Those QNAP things pushing 2500 for the 4k transcode things it's like OK at that point I can build something myself that has way more of the features I'd want and have way more customizability.

Buy a Mac Mini (older generations work well) for the actual transcoding, and use NAS as a, well, NAS.

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

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Post by stavros »

yau8edq12i wrote: post #40
flakeoil wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It is 100% worth the extra $ if you plan on subscribing for a loong time anyway I think many people forget about this. They pay for a monthly or yearly cloud storage subscription, but forget they have to pay this amount every year for the rest of their lifes if they want to keep their data. That's why I also use a Synology disk. I also have an additional lifetime subscription at a cloud storage provider (which pays…

To be fair, the underlying storage of the synology won't last forever. A cheap SSD might reliably last five years, a nice one, about ten years, as far as I know. You also need to pay for the electricity necessary to keep your server running 24/7, if you want a service level equivalent to a cloud storage service. All this adds up. The scales will probably stay in favor of the self-hosting options, but you have to take…

Plus time spent upgrading, every so often.
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