# 💡 About

- **Installation Videos:** [Ente Peertube](https://tube.deternet.org/ente)
- **E2EE :** Yes
- **Alternative to:** [Google Photos](https://shapps.deternet.org/books/google-photos "Google Photos") , [Apple Photos](https://shapps.deternet.org/books/apple-photos "Apple Photos")
- **Authentication:** Password, 2FA
- **Admin Metadata Access:** Access to social graph i.e who you share albums with
- **Website:** [ente.com](https://ente.com/)
- **Repository:** [Github](https://github.com/ente/ente)
- **Installation Documentation:** [Docker Deployment](https://ente.com/help/self-hosting/installation/compose)
- **Installation Videos**: [Jim's Garage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu-zAxAOn1E)
- **Community:** [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/z2YVKkycX3)**,** [Github Discussions](https://github.com/ente/ente/discussions)
- **Donations:** Ente does not work with donations to support the project. Instead it has paid hosted plans. To become truly global we hope to see a donation funding method in the future as other open source projects.
- **Terms and conditions for hosted plan:** [Terms and conditions](https://ente.com/terms/)

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[![ente_photos_1.png](https://shapps.deternet.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/scaled-1680-/tRgO8wZFAcJUDwiX-ente-photos-1.png)](https://shapps.deternet.org/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/tRgO8wZFAcJUDwiX-ente-photos-1.png)