Lychee is an open source photo management tool, which runs on your server or web space. Installing is a matter of seconds. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application.
Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely.
Lychee is a self-hosted solution, so you are in full control of your photos.
Features include:
- Snappy and beautiful interface.
- Upload, move, rename, describe, delete or search your photos in seconds. All in one place, right from your browser.
- One click and every photo and album is ready for the public. You can also protect albums with passwords if needed.
- Look at all your images in full-screen mode, navigate forward and backward by using your keyboard or let others enjoy your photos by making them public.
- Supports EXIF and IPTC Metadata.
- Supports png, jpeg and gif photos.
- Album sorting.
- Import your photos from various sources. From your local computer, server, via URL or from Dropbox.
- Tag photos.
- Supports Twitter Cards and Open Graph for shared images (not albums).
- Uses ImageMagick when installed on your server.
- Plugins and extensions.
Website: lychee.electerious.com
Support: FAQ, GitHub
Developer: Tobias Reich and many contributors
License: MIT License

Lychee is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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