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Lychee

FREEMIUM

Self-hosted photo management with full control

VG SCORE
8.0

Product Details

PricingFreemium
API✅ REST
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations6 available

PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Free and open-source core with a strong, active community.
  • Complete privacy and data control as you own the server.
  • Clean, modern, and responsive user interface for easy browsing.

WEAKNESSES

  • Lacks advanced AI-powered features like automatic tagging or face recognition found in commercial apps.
  • Requires technical knowledge to set up and maintain a personal server.

KEY FEATURES

Multi-User Support

Create accounts for family or team members with different permission levels.

EXIF & Metadata

Preserves and displays photo metadata like camera settings and location.

Album Management

Organize photos into albums, sub-albums, and tag them.

Public Sharing

Generate shareable links for albums with optional password protection.

WHO IS Lychee BEST FOR?

Tech-savvy hobbyists and self-hosters

They seek a customizable, open-source photo management solution to integrate into their existing home server or lab setup.

INTEGRATIONS

Reverse proxies (e.g., Nginx, Caddy)NextcloudDockerWebDAVS3-compatible storageLDAP/Active Directory

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
API

REST

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DOSSIER

LAST VERIFIED MAR 23, 2026

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