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Ente Is Open

Ente, an end-to-end encrypted photo storage service, has announced that all its apps (mobile, desktop, web, CLI) and server are now fully open source under the AGPLv3 license. This includes the encryption library (Saltpack), auth app, and custom compute framework (Nabe). The company believes open source is essential for trust and privacy.

Background

- Ente is an end-to-end encrypted photo backup service, positioned as a privacy-focused alternative to Google Photos and Apple iCloud.<br>- The company is announcing that it has made its entire software stack open source, meaning anyone can inspect, copy, or modify the code that runs both its apps and servers.<br>- This matters because true privacy claims require verifiability: if only the client apps are open, users cannot confirm the server-side code matches what's promised. Ente is now publishing server code too, making the whole system auditable.<br>- The move covers the mobile and desktop apps, the command-line tool, and the server-side infrastructure that handles encryption and storage.<br>- The broader context is a post-Snowden era where trust in cloud services is low, and users increasingly demand end-to-end encryption they can verify themselves.

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