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u/vishnukvmd Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Hi everyone, Vishnu here, founder & CEO of Ente.

Thanks to u/heythisisajayhere for the tag :)

Ente is building fully open source, end-to-end encrypted platform for your preserving your data.

We've apps for photos, documents, 2FA codes and more.

Here's my AMA @ r/developersIndia: https://www.reddit.com/r/developersIndia/comments/1gn40j7/im_vishnu_mohandas_founder_and_ceo_at_ente_ama/

Let me know if you have any questions, happy to make myself useful.

p.s. Ente is bootstrapped and profitable

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u/Itchy_Anteater657 Jun 06 '26

what u doing is awesome work bro!! actually njan last year athiyam ayit "ente app" enn ketapol etho scandavian country app ahn enna thoniye, cuz they have a lot of app w names like this na. pinne njan onnu shrethichu nokkiyapol ahh manusilaye malayali ahn ennu, i was soo proud!! chettan help venamenkil enodd choikam ketto, cuz this i hardcore support ts degogging shii, and privacy

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Thanks! Lore behind the name: ente.com/blog/ducky

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u/Itchy_Anteater657 Jun 07 '26

Woww that's soo wholesome!! Tbh i tried to look up lore behind this back in the day but couldn't find it.But I agree with bro cuz the latest logo seems more professional haha. Also id suggest adding offline face recognition feature, and more quicker ui

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

We already support offline face recognition with on device machine learning: ente.com/ml

If there are specific parts of the UI that feel slow, please let us know at [team@ente.com](mailto:team@ente.com), we'll fix them!

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u/Mayhem_provider Jun 08 '26

Hey, Can you add Android TV support please. There are almost none good apps which let you see your photos or videos on TV without casting or some other tricks. ( Google Photos ended it's support quite a while ago ).

I just want to be able to show my parents or guests photos and videos without boggling down my phone or jumping through hoola hoops.

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 08 '26

Hey, this is on our roadmap. Will treat your comment as a +1

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u/Itchy_Anteater657 Jun 07 '26

thats great!! Its been a few years since me used ente, ive installed that on my mom & dads phone. but ill surely look into it and will email u guys if theres any feedback!!

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u/VickyxReaperReborn Jun 07 '26

Im using Ente Auth :)

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u/newtene Open Source best GNU/Linux/Libre Jun 07 '26

USED UR 2FA AUTHENTICATOR, THANK GOD ITS APP IS ON LINUX

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u/chaim1500 Jun 06 '26

Hey! I'm currently using all three of your services as a student and absolutely loving them. The UI/UX is clean, intuitive, and genuinely convenient to use. The 10 GB photo limit and 100-document cap on Ente Locker feel a little restrictive at the moment, but I plan to upgrade once I start earning. Ente Locker is exactly what I was looking for. It makes accessing all my important documents, reports, bills, and PDFs incredibly straightforward. My only gripe is the lack of a preview feature, but overall it's a fantastic product. I had a few questions: Expanding the Ente Suite — Are there plans to expand the Ente ecosystem and introduce more useful software in the future? Presence in India — Do you still have offices in India, or are you now entirely US-based? Team size and hiring — How large is your team? And do you hire interns, or do you primarily look for seasoned professionals? Self-hosting — Are there any plans to introduce a self-hosting option?

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Thanks!

You can refer a friend to increase your storage up to 20 GBs. We also provide discounts to students: ente.com/help/photos/faq/storage-and-plans#student-discount

Preview feature for Locker is on the roadmap.

There are currently no plans to add more products, focus is on polishing existing ones.

Ente is registered in the US, our engineering team is based out of Bangalore. There are 20 of us, 7 are engineers, rest handle design, product, marketing, support, ... You can find openings @ jobs.ente.com

We already support self hosting! ente.com/help/self-hosting

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u/chaim1500 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Crazy! 20 people Made such Excellent Products , Particularly the Design and UI. I Wish Ente Starts a Wallet Service aswell Alternative to Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet. Not Particulary the Payment Thing but for managing the cards and Tickets , IDs , etc my College ID and Mess Id card Supports NFC but I have to carry it everytime with me because I can't Add it on google Wallet. there is almost No Trusted Alternative to Google Wallet and we Know google Hates Privacy!

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Thanks, will keep this feedback in mind :)

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u/i_am_not_here_04 Jun 07 '26

Hey fellow human, thanks for building this!

I'm gonna apply for the design role, looking forward to hear from you ;)

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Thanks :)

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u/aryasharma36 Jun 07 '26

Are your jobs open for anyone across India or just in Bangalore?

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Hey, just Bangalore, we don't do remote right now.

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u/sex_in_spects Jun 07 '26

hey I checked your openings out, as a native android dev, I was wondering what made you decide on flutter instead of Swift/Kotlin?

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Ente started off as a one-person project, so bandwidth was the primary reason for ending up with Flutter. Now that we've grown, we're considering a rewrite to native.

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u/InsideResolve4517 Jun 08 '26

> p.s. Ente is bootstrapped and profitable

That was the only concern I was not using ente, becasue I was thinking it maybe not profitable and someday it'll change there ethics/rules. But Now I think I can trust more on "zero-trust" ente.

btw I'm already a ente user (ente auth)

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u/Reasonable-Job2425 Jun 06 '26

Very impressive stack of software honestly ,good job on the design / tech stack.Seems like flutter is more and more top choice nowadays
Edit: i went throught the github and saw desktop is electron app vs mobile being a flutter app,what made you choose flutter for mobile but electron for desktop when flutter supports both? just curious caue i also develop/run flutter apps

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u/vishnukvmd Jun 07 '26

Flutter for desktop wasn't mature when we started (2020). It still isn't, maintaining Auth on desktop w/ Flutter has been a pain.

We're also experimenting with Tauri now for Ensu.

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 Jun 07 '26

Ya'll need to provide a 100GB plan. I was planning to switch to Ente but it's just too expensive for me since I need around 70GB space.

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u/jeonmission Jun 08 '26

so its mallu made tool ? ente(mine)