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Lychee vs Slink: catalog facts
Lychee	Slink
Free Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Your photos stay on your own server Public sharing and password-protected albums	Private-by-default shares with optional password and expiry Local, SMB or S3 storage backends
You need a server or web space to run it Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup	Requires running your own server with Docker Focused on images rather than general files
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
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 October 2, 2026

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