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2026 46

  1. A fresh look for Ente Photos
  2. Introducing the new Ente CLI
  3. Howdy Addy!
  4. I Can't Read Code. So Why Do I Care If It's Open Source?October 12, 2026You don't need to know how to code to care about open source. Here's why transparency matters when it comes to your photos and privacy.
  5. RAG, Knowledge Packs and Your Notes
  6. On repeat · 2026October 7, 2026What Ente's been listening to - 2026 Edition
  7. The Key Question Behind ICloud PhotosSeptember 24, 2026Apple removed Advanced Data Protection for UK users. This piece explains what that means for iCloud Photos, backups, and who holds the encryption keys.
  8. New Rules for iOS 27 Shared AlbumsSeptember 17, 2026iOS 27 changes who pays for shared-album storage and introduces optional albums that expire after 30 days. Here is what to check before your next group album.
  9. iOS 27 AI Photo Editing and Why Originals MatterSeptember 17, 2026Spatial Reframing, Extend and an updated Clean Up tool can change what appears in a photograph. Here is how to keep the camera original and the finished edit in a private archive.
  10. Your paper documents belong in Locker too
  11. Obscura VPN is now a friend
  12. What do 10,000 photos say?September 10, 2026A decade of photos can reveal far more than memories - they can map your home, relationships, routines, and life story. The question is: who gets to see all of that, and what happens when your photo library isn't really yours?
  13. Ente Photos, for the whole flock
  14. Introducing Library Sharing
  15. Ente's ML is now faster
  16. All AI is not the same
  17. Of Faceprints & Photo Apps
  18. Why Ente QR?
  19. Leave Me Alone - A new friend
  20. First steps to post-quantum
  21. Crafting the best photos app
  22. Ente's business metrics are open now
  23. ente-io/ente is now ente/ente
  24. Accidentally dropped a Paste link into a group chat
  25. Ensu continues
  26. How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works
  27. Introducing Legacy Kit
  28. 8000+ people went to /404 in 72 hours. why?
  29. Another step toward Ente Photos as your Android gallery
  30. Locker is easier to reach when it matters
  31. What Happens if You Lose Your Phone with 2FA on It?May 12, 2026Lost your phone with 2FA codes on it? Here's how to get back into your accounts, and how to make sure it never happens again.
  32. How to Transfer Your 2FA Codes to a New PhoneMay 4, 2026Got a new phone? Here's how to move your 2FA codes over, whatever app you use—Google Authenticator, Aegis, Authy, Bitwarden, 2FAS, or Ente Auth.
  33. Memories are meant to be shared
  34. Hackathon #2
  35. Our Rust crypto was reviewed. The real find was the auditor.
  36. Building Ente's Design System
  37. Google Photos Partner Sharing vs iCloud Shared Photo LibraryMarch 27, 2026A detailed comparison of Google Photos Partner Sharing and iCloud Shared Photo Library — participants, storage, editing, privacy, and how they handle your photos.
  38. ente.com
  39. New in Ente Photos: Offline Gallery, Better Sharing, ML Improvements, and More
  40. How to Safely Share Your Kids' Photos With FamilyMarch 12, 2026Every time you share a photo of your child online, you're handing over more than a memory. Here's how to share family photos privately, without giving up control.
  41. Ensu - Ente's Local LLM app
  42. paste.ente.com - Private E2EE Pastebin by Ente
  43. Ente Locker
  44. More social, less media
  45. Ente Photos' Biggest Update Ever
  46. GPT is my friend

2025 33

  1. Introducing Rituals, Public Links for Everyone, and more in Ente Photos
  2. Our first Hackathon
  3. Rituals are powerful
  4. Your 2025 Rewind
  5. Hiring at Ente
  6. Notesnook is now a friend
  7. The best open-source Android OCR
  8. Your Trip Photos Tell a Story
  9. Ente completes CERN sponsored audit
  10. I've been thinking of control
  11. Ente's Autumn Playlist 2025October 19, 2025A playlist of the songs that the Ente team has been recently listening to. Autumn 2025 edition.
  12. Alarms are evil
  13. Embed Ente Albums in Your Website
  14. How Ente Changed the Way I See Photos
  15. Finding similar images with Rust and a Vector DB
  16. Postmortem for a recent video upload issue
  17. Friends. Everywhere.
  18. Custom Domains - How!
  19. Flow - Your Superpower
  20. Something old, something new
  21. Human First AI
  22. How to selectively back up specific albums on Apple PhotosJuly 26, 2025Backing up only what matters
  23. A Rust shaped hole
  24. Ente web - State of the Union 2025
  25. Building the best photos app
  26. Optimizing for Longevity
  27. Ente Photos v1.1
  28. Flying blind on purpose
  29. Running Ente on a Raspberry Pi
  30. Ente Photos v1
  31. Self host Ente in 1 minute (1 command only!)
  32. Ente Photos v0.9.98
  33. 5 years of Ente

2024 27

  1. Legacy
  2. Machine learning is live
  3. Exporting Google Photos with TakeoutNovember 9, 2024A complete step-by-step guide to exporting your photos from Google Photos using Takeout—whether you're backing up, switching to iCloud, Ente, or more.
  4. Monorepo - Our experience
  5. Auth v4
  6. Mozilla grants Ente $100k
  7. Pulling out of Google Photos
  8. Introducing Guest view on Ente
  9. Mastodon server migration
  10. Switching from Windows to LinuxAugust 12, 2024A complete beginner’s guide to switching from Windows to GNU/Linux—learn how to back up, choose a distro, install Linux, and take back your privacy and control.
  11. Ente's privacy policy simplifiedAugust 2, 2024Ente’s privacy policy, simplified: we can’t see your data, you can export or delete it anytime, and we only collect what’s needed—no fluff, no lock-in.
  12. Pricing update
  13. Privacy and AI
  14. How to preserve physical photos
  15. Self Hosting 101 - A Beginner's Guide
  16. Best private browsers to use in 2024
  17. AMA with Ente's CEO
  18. Ente Photos v0.9
  19. Introducing Passkeys on Ente
  20. Why support open source
  21. Threat modeling for beginners
  22. Auth v3
  23. How Ente deletes data
  24. Introducing Ente Cast
  25. Open sourcing our server
  26. Epoch timestamps vs RFC 3339 strings
  27. SQLite vs. ObjectBox vs. Isar

2023 28

  1. Ente - 2023 Wrap
  2. Story behind Ente's mascot
  3. Importance of Linter Rules
  4. Image search on the Edge
  5. Introducing Ente CLI
  6. Introducing Photo Editor on Ente Web and Desktop
  7. Preserving decade old media with ente
  8. Marketing and Distribution - Part I
  9. Ente adopts SRP
  10. Auth v2
  11. How to disable iCloud backups for PhotosSeptember 1, 2023Learn how to disable iCloud Photos backups, export your data, and remove stored media from Apple’s cloud—regain full control of your photos with ease.
  12. More improvements!
  13. Issue with concurrent foreground processes on Android
  14. How can I collect photos from a group?August 7, 2023Easily collect photos from friends after a wedding, trip, or party—no app or account needed. Just share a link and let guests upload privately via Ente.
  15. Understanding Keys, Elements, RenderObjects and their interplay in Flutter
  16. Collage, and more
  17. Export got wings
  18. How to detect Android motion photos in Flutter
  19. Location tags!
  20. Ente successfully completes a security audit
  21. How to integrate Crowdin with Flutter for translation
  22. Double your storage, for free!
  23. Experimental on-device ML in Ente desktop
  24. End to end encryption - Explained like I'm 5
  25. Collaborative albums are here!
  26. ChatGPT demystified
  27. 3 copies, 3 clouds
  28. Inherited Widgets are easy, it is their documentation that sucks

2022 35

  1. How powerful are Ente's links?
  2. Collect photos from people not on ente
  3. Renaming our source code repositories
  4. Reworking our deletion prompts
  5. Ente Auth
  6. Making our Figma public
  7. Using Postgres as a task queue for rowdy Gophers
  8. Custom S3 requests with AWS Go SDK
  9. Ente - 2022
  10. Global Encryption Day
  11. Command to publish an app to TestFlight
  12. Reflections on trusting trust
  13. Automate your backups using Ente's folder watch
  14. The minimum TypeScript you need for React
  15. Gatsby blog images in 2022
  16. Capturing photo locations on Android 10+
  17. Why do my Flutter screens look washed out?
  18. In search of the perfect app icon
  19. Redesigned Ente with support for light mode
  20. Docker to the rescue
  21. An introduction to the magic of jq
  22. Securing our internal tools
  23. Proxying websockets via nginx
  24. Making uploads faster
  25. Is software immortal? And can we hide columns in Postgres?
  26. Estoppel
  27. Degoogle anniversary 2022
  28. F-Droid Release
  29. Go nulls and SQL
  30. system-ui and friends
  31. Family plans
  32. Improvements to our desktop app
  33. Stripe climate
  34. Building shareable links for encrypted albums
  35. Shareable links for albums

2021 10

  1. Changelog - v0.4.0
  2. Changelog - v0.3.44
  3. Waking up to October
  4. Why build Ente?
  5. Show HN
  6. Implementing features, getting banned from PlayStore and more
  7. Roadmap for July
  8. Image editor, ability to free up space, and more protection
  9. Roadmap for June
  10. Search by location and time @ photos.ente.com