Your photo library belongs on infrastructure you control, encrypted so thoroughly that the server itself cannot peek, and that is exactly how Ente stores every picture and video you back up to it. Phone, desktop, and web clients encrypt each file on the device before upload, so backups, live photos, and videos arrive as ciphertext that only your keys can open. The browser app gives you the full library from anywhere: timelines, albums, favorites, a map of geotagged shots, and memories resurfacing old trips. Shared albums let family members add photos, comment, and like each other's shots, all still encrypted end to end. Collect links flip the flow around, giving wedding guests or clients a single link where they can drop their own photos into your album without creating an account. Face grouping and semantic search run on your devices, so you can find "beach sunset 2023" or every photo of a person without a server ever seeing the images. Duplicate detection and cleanup suggestions reclaim storage, exports download your entire library in open formats whenever you want it, and multiple accounts on one instance let a household share the same server. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.