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Stingle API Server

Self-hostable backend for the Stingle encrypted photo apps

Photo Management ★ 15 stars Hard setup AGPL-3.0

Stingle API Server is the self-hostable PHP backend for Stingle Photos, an end-to-end encrypted photo and video backup app. Running your own server lets the Stingle mobile clients back up encrypted media to infrastructure you control.

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Key features

  • End-to-end encrypted photos
  • Self-hostable API server
  • Stingle mobile clients
  • Private backup

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in PHP

Trade-offs

  • Setup is involved
  • Smaller ecosystem

Is Stingle API Server secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Stingle API Server's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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