Ente open source their Photos sync server

If you were looking for yet another reason to check out Ente Photos, now you have one. As of March 1, the team behind the best Google Photos alternative open sourced its server code, a process that's been in the works for more than a year now.

"We take the final step in our open source journey," Ente say in their announcement blog post. "Our clients had always been open source. Today, we are also releasing the source code for our servers."

According to Ente, this is more than just a "code dump." It's a "live, breathing, continuously updated repository" that holds the same "battle tested" and production ready source code found in Ente Photos.

Since the web client, desktop apps, and mobile apps were all already open source, this news makes the product officially free software under the AGPL 3.0 license from top to bottom. This means users no longer need to trust Ente entirely. We can also rely on third-party audits done by firms or independent developers.

That's not to say Ente Photos hasn't been audited before this announcement. Prior to releasing the source code, the Ente team reached out to audit firm Fallible to conduct an audit of the sync server.

The team passed the audit and made sure to address any potential issues long before releasing the code. You can find the results of this audit here, and you can check out the Ente Photos GitHub repo at the link below.