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Immich vs Ente ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Chosing the right photo app for my family

So, Immich vs Ente, this is my last piece of the selfhosted puzzle. Please help me make an informed decision:

Immich

on the plus side, it seems to have more features and it has a gazillion integrations with other selfhosted software. Downside: breaking changes are fairly common AFAIK.

Ente

looks like the opposite, more mature, scoped and less integrated.

Am I reading this right? Am I missing something?

Edit: Thanks everyone, I'm going with immich!

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[–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

The big difference is that ente is encrypted.

If you use FDE, Immich is also encrypted but only at rest.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    By at rest you mean not in transit or something like that?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    That may not be the right terminology. I men it's decrypted when booting and encrypted when it's unplugged or shut off.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    The disk is still encrypted even when turned on, it's just transparently decrypted when read. I doubt Ente is any different - you store images encrypted on disk, decrypt them to be able to read them as an image, then send it re-encrypted over HTTPS.

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