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title: Photo Management
icon: material/image
description: Photo management tools to keep your personal photos safe from the prying eyes of cloud storage providers and other unauthorized access.
cover: photo-management.webp
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<small>Protects against the following threat(s):</small>

- [:material-bug-outline: Passive Attacks](basics/common-threats.md#security-and-privacy){ .pg-orange }
- [:material-server-network: Service Providers](basics/common-threats.md#privacy-from-service-providers){ .pg-teal }

Most cloud **photo management solutions** like Google Photos, Flickr, and Amazon Photos don't secure your photos against being accessed by the cloud storage provider themselves. These options keep your personal photos private, while allowing you to share them only with family and trusted people.

## Ente Photos

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![Ente logo](assets/img/photo-management/ente.svg#only-light){ align=right }
![Ente logo](assets/img/photo-management/ente-dark.svg#only-dark){ align=right }

**Ente Photos** is an end-to-end encrypted photo backup service which supports automatic backups on iOS and Android. Their code is fully open-source, both on the client side and on the server side. It is also [self-hostable](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/server#self-hosting). The free plan offers 5 GB of storage as long as you use the service at least once a year.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://ente.io){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://ente.io/privacy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://ente.io/faq){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/ente-io/ente){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

<details class="downloads" markdown>
<summary>Downloads</summary>

- [:simple-googleplay: Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.ente.photos)
- [:simple-android: Android](https://ente.io/download)
- [:simple-appstore: App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1542026904)
- [:simple-github: GitHub](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases?q=photos)
- [:fontawesome-brands-windows: Windows](https://ente.io/download)
- [:simple-apple: macOS](https://ente.io/download)
- [:simple-linux: Linux](https://ente.io/download)
- [:octicons-globe-16: Web](https://web.ente.io)

</details>

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Ente Photos underwent an [audit by Cure53](https://ente.io/blog/cryptography-audit) in March 2023 and by [Fallible](https://ente.io/reports/Fallible-Audit-Report-19-04-2023.pdf) in April 2023.

## Stingle

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![Stingle logo](assets/img/photo-management/stingle.png#only-light){ align=right }
![Stingle logo](assets/img/photo-management/stingle-dark.png#only-dark){ align=right }

**Stingle** is a gallery and camera application with built-in, end-to-end encrypted backup and sync functionality for your photos and videos. Storage starts at 1 GB for free accounts on their cloud, or you can host your own Stingle API server for total independence.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://stingle.org){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://stingle.org/privacy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://stingle.org/faq){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/stingle){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

<details class="downloads" markdown>
<summary>Downloads</summary>

- [:simple-googleplay: Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.stingle.photos)
- [:simple-android: Android](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.stingle.photos)
- [:simple-appstore: App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1582535448)
- [:simple-github: GitHub](https://github.com/stingle/stingle-photos-android/releases)

</details>

</div>

## PhotoPrism

<div class="admonition recommendation" markdown>

![PhotoPrism logo](assets/img/photo-management/photoprism.svg){ align=right }

**PhotoPrism** is a self-hostable platform for managing photos. It supports album syncing and sharing as well as a variety of other [features](https://photoprism.app/features). It does not include E2EE, so it's best hosted on a server that you trust and is under your control.

[:octicons-home-16: Homepage](https://photoprism.app){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:octicons-eye-16:](https://photoprism.app/privacy){ .card-link title="Privacy Policy" }
[:octicons-info-16:](https://photoprism.app/kb){ .card-link title=Documentation}
[:octicons-code-16:](https://github.com/photoprism){ .card-link title="Source Code" }

<details class="downloads" markdown>
<summary>Downloads</summary>

- [:simple-github: GitHub](https://github.com/photoprism)

</details>

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## קריטריונים

**Please note we are not affiliated with any of the projects we recommend.** In addition to [our standard criteria](about/criteria.md), we have developed a clear set of requirements to allow us to provide objective recommendations. אנו מציעים לך להכיר את הרשימה הזו לפני שתבחר להשתמש בפרויקט, ולערוך מחקר משלך כדי להבטיח שזו הבחירה הנכונה עבורך.

### דרישות מינימליות

- Cloud-hosted providers must enforce end-to-end encryption.
- יש להציע תוכנית חינם או תקופת ניסיון לבדיקה.
- Must support TOTP or FIDO2 multifactor authentication, or passkey logins.
- חייב להציע ממשק אינטרנט התומך בפונקציונליות ניהול קבצים בסיסית.
- חייב לאפשר ייצוא קל של כל הקבצים/המסמכים.
- חייב להיות קוד פתוח.

### המקרה הטוב ביותר

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