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Lychee vs PiGallery2: catalog facts
Lychee	PiGallery2
Free Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.	Free Free to download and run.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Your photos stay on your own server Public sharing and password-protected albums	Follows your existing folder layout Runs well on a Raspberry Pi
You need a server or web space to run it Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup	Gallery rather than a full photo backup solution Needs a server to run
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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