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Self-Hosting Lychee: Photo Management Gallery

Lychee is a beautiful, self-hosted photo management gallery. Upload, organize, and share photos with a polished web interface.

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What Is Lychee?


Lychee is a self-hosted photo gallery with a focus on beautiful presentation. It's designed for showcasing and sharing photos.


Features


Gallery

  • Beautiful grid layout
  • Justified gallery view
  • Full-screen slideshow
  • EXIF data display
  • GPS mapping

    • Organization

  • Albums and sub-albums
  • Tags
  • Smart albums (recent, starred, public)
  • Drag-and-drop sorting
  • Bulk operations

    • Sharing

  • Public/private albums
  • Password-protected albums
  • Share links
  • Download albums as ZIP

    • Upload

  • Drag-and-drop upload
  • Multi-file upload
  • Import from URL
  • Import from server path
  • RAW file support

    • Other

  • Multi-user support
  • API access
  • Image editing (crop, rotate)
  • S3-compatible storage
  • Frame/TV mode

    • Lychee vs Immich vs PhotoPrism


  • Lychee: Best gallery/presentation, simplest
  • Immich: Best mobile backup, Google Photos replacement
  • PhotoPrism: Best AI features, most powerful

    • Deployment


    1. Deploy Lychee on TinyPod

    2. Upload photos

    3. Create albums

    4. Share with the world


    Resources: 1 CPU, 256 MB RAM with PostgreSQL.


    Lychee is the best self-hosted option for presenting photos beautifully. If you're a photographer wanting a portfolio, Lychee is your tool.

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