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Lychee

Free, open-source self-hosted photo gallery with a clean, modern interface.

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About Lychee

Lychee is a self-hosted photo management and gallery app focused on presenting photos well. You upload images into albums, set them public, private or password-protected, and share links, with a clean interface that works on desktop and mobile browsers. It keeps original files without compression and imposes no storage limit beyond your server. Lychee is built on PHP and Laravel and can be deployed with Docker, and it is completely open source; the team also offers Lychee SE, a supporter edition with extra features. Compared with Immich or PhotoPrism it has no automatic phone backup or AI face recognition, so it is better thought of as a personal Flickr you host yourself than as a Google Photos replacement. Security updates need attention, since self-hosted PHP apps are exposed when left unpatched.

Best for: People who want a good-looking self-hosted gallery for sharing albums.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Clean, modern gallery interface
  • No compression and no storage limit
  • Free and open source

Why people leave

  • No automatic phone backup
  • No AI tagging or face search
  • You must keep the PHP stack patched

Top Lychee alternatives

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  1. 1Piwigo logo
    Piwigo

    More mature permissions and plugins for large galleries.

    66.5
  2. 2Photoview logo
    Photoview

    Another lightweight self-hosted gallery, with RAW support.

    62.6
  3. 3Immich logo
    Immich

    Adds automatic phone backup and AI search.

    59.6
  4. 4PhotoPrism logo
    PhotoPrism

    Adds AI tagging and maps for big archives.

    57.2
  5. 5Flickr logo
    Flickr

    Hosted alternative if you no longer want to run a server.

    44.8

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Lychee: common questions

Is Lychee free?

Yes. Lychee is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.

Is Lychee open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at LycheeOrg/Lychee. You can also run it on your own server.

What platforms does Lychee run on?

Lychee is available for Web and Self-hosted.

What are the best alternatives to Lychee?

The highest-ranked Lychee alternatives right now are Piwigo, Photoview and Immich. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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