Lychee
Grid and album based photo-management-system.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 72% of tracked projects; popularity more than 64%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 4.3k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v7.9.0 · 25 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | PHP, Docker |
Is Lychee actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 682 commits, of which 243 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 81 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 50% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v7.9.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 25 projects we track in Photo Galleries, Lychee ranks #4 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Lychee actually does
Lychee is a grid and album-based photo management system designed to run on your own infrastructure. It provides a web interface for organising, browsing, and sharing your digital image collections.
Best fit: Self-hosters who want a dedicated, lightweight web application specifically for managing photo albums without relying on third-party cloud services.
Worth knowing: You will need to manage your own storage volumes for large image libraries, and performance may depend heavily on your server's hardware when generating thumbnails.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application packaged for Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for your photo storage and a separate database backend to maintain application state.
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