# Ente Photos (open-source photo and gallery app)

> Ente Photos is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android and iOS. Ente Photos is an open source photos app, that provides end-to-end encrypted bac. It has 29,288 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid, Google Play and the App Store.

Ente is a simple app to backup and share your photos and videos. If you've been looking for a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Photos, you've come to the right place. With Ente, they are stored end-to-end encrypted (e2ee). This means that only you can view them. We have open-source apps across Android, iOS, web and desktop, and your photos will seamlessly sync between all of them in an end-to-end encrypted (e2ee) manner. Ente also makes it simple to share your albums with your loved ones, even if they aren't on Ente. You can share publicly viewable links, where they can view your album and collaborate by adding photos to it, even without an account or app.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/ente/ente |
| Platforms | Android, iOS |
| Built with | Flutter |
| GitHub stars | 29,288 |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/io.ente.photos.fdroid/ (package io.ente.photos.fdroid) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.ente.photos |
| App Store | https://apps.apple.com/app/id1542026904 |
| Website | https://ente.com |
| Official | no |
| Category | Photos, gallery & camera |
| Latest release | photos-v1.3.65 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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