Ente
Ente is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Photo Galleries category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Dart. It is a self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and Adobe Lightroom and ships a Docker image. It has 29,600 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,600
- Forks
- 1,875
- Open issues
- 185
- Commits, last 12 months
- 18,943
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- locker-v1.0.11Oct 26, 2026
- Created
- Nov 1, 2022
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 18,943 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 18,943 |
| Latest release | locker-v1.0.11 (Oct 26, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 214 |
| Open issues | 185 |
| Open pull requests | 33 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 1, 2022 |
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About Ente
An end-to-end encrypted photo-sharing platform (alternative to Google Photos, Apple Photos).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/ente/ente.
Topics
- android
- ios
- e2ee
- encryption
- end-to-end-encryption
- google-photos-alternative
- opensource
- photos
- privacy
- privacy-tools
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Is Ente free and open source?
Yes. Ente is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Ente with Docker?
Yes. Ente provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Ente?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Ente include Immich, PhotoPrism and Thumbor. Ente itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and Adobe Lightroom.
Is Ente actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Ente was on Oct 26, 2026 with 18,943 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is locker-v1.0.11, published Oct 26, 2026. It had 185 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.