We started building Ente in 2020 as an end-to-end encrypted[1] alternative to Google Photos.

We've come a long way since then,

- deploying on-device machine learning[2]

- undergoing a cryptography audit[3]

- open sourcing everything[4]

- replicating to 3 clouds[5]

- and shipping a lot of features[6]

We're trying to build a business that can outlive us, so we have a long way to go – this is only v1.0.

HN has been historically kind with feedback[7][8], a lot of which has influenced our culture in engineering, product, and marketing.

If you've any thoughts on what we could do better, please do share.

Thank you!

[1]: https://ente.io/architecture

[2]: https://ente.io/ml

[3]: https://ente.io/blog/cryptography-audit

[4]: https://ente.io/blog/open-sourcing-our-server

[5]: https://ente.io/reliability

[6]: https://ente.io

[7]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28347439

[8]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570692