# Lychee

> Lychee is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the photo galleries category. Grid and album based photo-management-system. It has 4,307 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Google Photos, Imgur, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee |
| Website | https://lycheeorg.github.io/ |
| GitHub stars | 4,307 |
| Forks | 382 |
| Open issues | 18 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Categories | Photo Galleries |
| Commits, last 12 months | 750 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | v7.10.0 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Created | Aug 8, 2018 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: photos, photo-management, gallery, hacktoberfest, photo-gallery, photo-gallery-application, php, typescript, vuejs

## Install

Lychee ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee for the image name and environment variables.

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## Lychee replaces

- [Google Photos alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/google-photos): Google's cloud photo and video backup service with search and sharing.
- [Imgur alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/imgur): A popular image hosting and sharing site.
- [Adobe Photoshop alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/photoshop): Adobe's professional raster image editor.
- [Adobe Lightroom alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/lightroom): Adobe's photo organizer and RAW editor with cloud sync.

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- [Immich](https://appsgit.com/apps/immich): Photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone (alternative to Google Photos). (115,648 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)
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- [Thumbor](https://appsgit.com/apps/thumbor): A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images. (10,521 stars, MIT, Python, Docker)
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- [Nextcloud Memories](https://appsgit.com/apps/nextcloud-memories): Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app. (3,850 stars, AGPL-3.0, PHP)

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