Lychee vs Piwigo
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted photo management options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Lychee with
choose an app… Immich PhotoPrism Ente Photos DeepFace gallery-dl Color Thief darktable Thumbor LibrePhotos Photoview imaginary Google Photos Takeout Helper Syncthing Android Wrapper Memories Hydrus Network Danbooru OwnPhotos Images.weserv.nl ExifCleaner PiGallery2 Photonix ChronoFrame Damselfly Immich Kiosk exifr digiKam HomeGallery Chevereto Sigal thumbsup nanogallery2 Nextcloud Photos Damselfly Web Photofield Shotwell Server Zenphoto fgallery Friendiqa Hub Coppermine MyPhotoShare
Compare Piwigo with
choose an app… Immich PhotoPrism Ente Photos DeepFace gallery-dl Color Thief darktable Thumbor LibrePhotos Photoview imaginary Google Photos Takeout Helper Syncthing Android Wrapper Memories Hydrus Network Danbooru OwnPhotos Images.weserv.nl ExifCleaner PiGallery2 Photonix ChronoFrame Damselfly Immich Kiosk exifr digiKam HomeGallery Chevereto Sigal thumbsup nanogallery2 Nextcloud Photos Damselfly Web Photofield Shotwell Server Zenphoto fgallery Friendiqa Hub Coppermine MyPhotoShare
Feature Lychee Piwigo Category Photo Management Photo Management License MIT GPL-2.0 Language PHP PHP Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 512 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 4,255 ★ 3,836 First released 2012 2002 Replaces Google Photos, Flickr Flickr, Google Photos
Why pick each one
Choose Lychee if… Simple and attractive Easy to host Lightweight Lychee details Choose Piwigo if… Very mature and stable Extensible Good for big collections Piwigo details
Frequently asked questions Is Lychee or Piwigo better? Neither is universally better. Lychee has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Lychee and Piwigo free and open-source? Yes. Lychee is licensed under MIT and Piwigo under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Lychee and Piwigo with Docker? Lychee: yes. Piwigo: yes.