id = "ente-cli" name = "Ente CLI" homepage = "https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/cli" description = "Command-line interface for Ente Photos and Auth." executables = ["ente"] [dotfiles] # https://github.com/ente-io/ente/blob/main/cli/config.yaml.example lists # $HOME/.ente/config.yaml as the default CLI configuration, alongside the # explicit ENTE_CLI_CONFIG_DIR override. Account passwords are stored in the # system keyring rather than this YAML file (see the Ente CLI troubleshooting # documentation), so there is no filesystem credential path to list here. paths = ["~/.ente/config.yaml"] exclude = [] secret = [] side_effect = false [commands] format = 1 label = "Export from Ente" description = "Export your Ente library and manage which accounts and export folders the CLI knows about. Signing in (ente account add) is interactive and left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = true, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "help" kind = "help" url = "https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/cli" revision = "main 2026-10-27" evidence = """ (Rendered from the cobra flag definitions in cli/cmd/export.go and cli/cmd/account.go of ente-io/ente) ente export --shared to exclude shared albums, pass --shared=false --hidden to exclude hidden albums, pass --hidden=false --albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to export --emails strings Comma-separated list of emails to export files shared with --exclude-albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to exclude ente account list list configured accounts ente account add login into existing account ente account update --app auth/photos --email email@domain.com --dir ~/photos --dir string update export directory --email string email address of the account --app string Specify the app, default is 'photos' """ [[commands.subcommand]] path = ["export"] label = "Export photos" description = "Start the export of your Ente library to the configured export directory." [[commands.subcommand.source]] id = "help" kind = "help" url = "https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/cli" revision = "main 2026-10-27" evidence = """ (Rendered from the cobra flag definitions in cli/cmd/export.go and cli/cmd/account.go of ente-io/ente) ente export --shared to exclude shared albums, pass --shared=false --hidden to exclude hidden albums, pass --hidden=false --albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to export --emails strings Comma-separated list of emails to export files shared with --exclude-albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to exclude ente account list list configured accounts ente account add login into existing account ente account update --app auth/photos --email email@domain.com --dir ~/photos --dir string update export directory --email string email address of the account --app string Specify the app, default is 'photos' """ [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "shared" label = "Include shared albums" description = "On by default." type = "boolean" option = ["--shared"] false_option = "--shared=false" sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "hidden" label = "Include hidden albums" description = "On by default." type = "boolean" option = ["--hidden"] false_option = "--hidden=false" sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "albums" label = "Only these albums" description = "Comma-separated album names." type = "string" option = ["--albums"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "exclude_albums" label = "Exclude albums" description = "Comma-separated album names." type = "string" option = ["--exclude-albums"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "emails" label = "Shared-by emails" description = "Comma-separated emails to export shared files from." type = "string" option = ["--emails"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.task]] id = "all" label = "Export everything" fields = [] [[commands.subcommand.task]] id = "some" label = "Export selected albums" fields = ["albums", "exclude_albums"] required = ["albums"] [[commands.subcommand.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["albums", "exclude_albums", "shared", "hidden"] [[commands.subcommand.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["emails"] [[commands.subcommand]] path = ["account", "update"] label = "Set export directory" description = "Change where an account is exported to." [[commands.subcommand.source]] id = "help" kind = "help" url = "https://github.com/ente-io/ente/tree/main/cli" revision = "main 2026-10-27" evidence = """ (Rendered from the cobra flag definitions in cli/cmd/export.go and cli/cmd/account.go of ente-io/ente) ente export --shared to exclude shared albums, pass --shared=false --hidden to exclude hidden albums, pass --hidden=false --albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to export --emails strings Comma-separated list of emails to export files shared with --exclude-albums strings Comma-separated list of album names to exclude ente account list list configured accounts ente account add login into existing account ente account update --app auth/photos --email email@domain.com --dir ~/photos --dir string update export directory --email string email address of the account --app string Specify the app, default is 'photos' """ [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "dir" label = "Export directory" type = "path" option = ["--dir"] path = { kind = "directory", role = "output", must_exist = false } sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "email" label = "Account email" type = "string" option = ["--email"] sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.field]] id = "app" label = "App" description = "Defaults to photos." type = "enum" option = ["--app"] choices = [{ value = "photos", label = "Photos" }, { value = "auth", label = "Auth" }] sources = ["help"] [[commands.subcommand.task]] id = "update" label = "Update export directory" fields = ["dir", "email", "app"] required = ["dir", "email"] [[commands.subcommand.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["dir", "email", "app"]