LycheeOrg/Lychee
A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4
- age_days: 2947
- days_rel: 10
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 78
Adoption not part of the score
4265 stars · 376 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Lychee is a free, open-source, self-hosted photo management system with a web interface for uploading, organizing, and sharing photos. It runs on your own server via Docker or manual PHP installation, supports EXIF/IPTC metadata, password-protected albums, and stores photos without compression or limits.
Use cases
- self-host a personal photo gallery on my own server
- manage and share photo albums with password protection
- replace Google Photos with a private photo library
- upload and organize photos with EXIF metadata preserved
- run a web-based photo gallery with docker compose
- share photos publicly with one click from my server
When to choose
- you want full control and ownership of your photo data on your own server
- you need a polished web gallery with albums, sharing, and metadata support
- you want a Docker-first deployment with no storage limits or compression
- privacy matters - no analytics or tracking out of the box
When to avoid
- you need cloud-native AI features like automatic face recognition or object tagging
- you want a mobile-first native app experience rather than a web app
- you need multi-user enterprise DAM workflows with heavy integrations
- you cannot run a PHP server or Docker container
Facets
application · maturity active
image-processing self-hosted web-framework search-engine file-upload photography media self-hosted web-development privacy self-hosted php cross-platform photo-gallery photo-management self-hosted exif album-sharing laravel vuejs docker-compose web-server docker
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee · fetched 2026-08-28 · f39f6d2fcb74
- homepage: https://lycheeorg.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9c96e846a848
- site_page: https://lycheeorg.dev/2025-08-13-opensource-processes-documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3a48b2ef2cc1
- site_page: https://lycheeorg.dev/docs/getting-started/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9f71dc36a85b
- site_page: https://lycheeorg.dev/docs/getting-started/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 210efe0be5a1
- site_page: https://lycheeorg.dev/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · c43723d7111f
- site_page: https://lycheeorg.dev/support · fetched 2026-08-29 · fb75ad4dffac
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LycheeOrg/Lychee | main | 95 |
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