Processing
End-to-end encrypted cloud
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
Ente Photos
An end-to-end encrypted photo and video backup service with open-source applications and a self-hosting option.
- Web · Desktop · Mobile · Self-hosted
- Hybrid
- Open source
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Category
- Photos and media
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
Email account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
Privacy-preserving analytics
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Open source
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Partial
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
Yes
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- Photos, videos, metadata and derived indexes are designed to be encrypted before upload with keys controlled by the user.
- The clients and server are open source, self-hosting is documented, and multiple independent cryptography and application-security assessments are published.
Trade-offs
- The hosted service still processes account email, payment status, device information, operational logs and other limited service metadata described in its privacy policy.
- End-to-end encryption of Ente-managed data does not encrypt separate original copies, exports or operating-system photo libraries stored outside Ente.
Best for
People who want a polished encrypted alternative to mainstream cloud photo libraries without giving the provider routine access to media content.
Consider another option when
Users who need unencrypted server-side integrations or who do not want to manage account recovery under a user-key encryption model.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- End-to-end encrypted cloud
- Storage
- Encrypted cloud
- Offline support
- Partial
- Self-hosting
- Yes
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
Evidence
5 public sources collected
- Ente Privacy Policyente.com · Privacy policy · end-to-end encryption, account metadata, analytics, retention, deletion and data-rights practices
- Ente source repositorygithub.com · Source repository · open-source clients and server, architecture, self-hosting and published audit links
- Ente self-hosting guidehelp.ente.io · Documentation · self-hosted deployment support and operator responsibilities
Review status: ListedLast reviewed: Not yet reviewedCatalogue updated: 20 Jul 2026
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