Lychee

A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.

Why it is included

Lychee is a free photo-management tool, which runs on your server or web-space. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application. Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely.

Best for

Users exploring vetted FOSS alternatives in this space (media management).

Target users

Developers, teams, and individuals evaluating open tools in this category — refine in CMS for specificity.

Strengths

~4,121 GitHub stars (per upstream list)
Open source

Limitations

Verify license, platform support, and security posture for your environment.

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