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Lychee vs Piwigo: catalog facts
Lychee	Piwigo
Free Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.	Freemium Self-hosted Piwigo is free; Piwigo Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Your photos stay on your own server Public sharing and password-protected albums	Same open-source core for self-hosted and cloud versions Plugin system and API
You need a server or web space to run it Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup	Self-hosting requires your own web server Paid support is separate from the free version
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open 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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