How to self-host Ente Photos, an alternative to Google Photos

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We found a very interesting article on Self-hosting Of Ente Photos. Since Ente Photos is one of the alternatives to Google Photos that we appreciate most of all, it seems very useful to us to share this guide that has passed with you from our group.

How to use in Self-hosting Ente Photos, an alternative to Google Photos

More generally we really like the idea of being able to share other people's work as in this case. The guide is well written and we think it can be very useful to anyone who wants to try to do it Self-hosting by Ente Photos.

What is Ente Photos

For those who don't know Ente Photos: it is an alternative that we have been following for a long time and which we have also done a review after long use. It is probably one of the best alternatives to Google Photos with many features such as "repurposed memories", the ability to create albums and above all the End-to-end encryption.

Given that in Self-hosting it is also possible to use Object Storage such as Amazon S3, which cost very little End-to-end encryption comes in very handy. Recall that the encryption of Ente has passed independent audits ¹.

The company also created Ente Auth, an application to manage thetwo-factor authentication both in the cloud, with End-to-end encryption, than locally.

And if the Self-hosting it's not for me?

We would like to share this guide with you but if you think that the Self-hosting If this isn't the case for you, you can try using Ente Photos using their servers, always remembering that your photos cannot be analyzed by anyone thanks to End-to-end encryption. If you decide to sign up, the code should still be active LEALTERNATIVE which will give you some discount and from which we we do not take any commission, it seems important to remember this.

1. Ente successfully completes a security audit[↩]

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