[k8svet]

Hi, I'm really intrigued by Ente and would happily pay for a subscription. I love to pay for things I can self-host, but don't have to self-host unless it comes to it. Especially when there's E2EE.

However, your reply gives me pause. The website says the apps are open-source, the other comment says the server is now open-source. Does that mean there's some pluggable black-box magic that the subscription enables?

To ask another way, if I self-host the server, can't I build the desktop app, import from Google Photos and then somehow export from the self-hosted server? Maybe not as ideal as a purpose-built script? Or is this not even possible?

[vishnumohandas]

Hey, the server was open sourced just yesterday. We are yet to update our landing page copies, and we definitely weren't ready to be in HN today (but are glad to be here!) :)

So there is no black-box magic that the subscription enables. Our live, breathing production setup is available in a monorepo here[1].

> is this not even possible

This is very much possible.

I've added an updated comment here[2], thanks!

[1]: https://github.com/ente-io/ente

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39576920

[k8svet]

This is extremely exciting. Shout to y'all!