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PhotoPrism vs Lychee: catalog facts
PhotoPrism	Lychee
Freemium Free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. Sponsored membership unlocks some extra features…	Free Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.
Self-hosted, Web	Web, Self-hosted
Automatic labelling and face recognition running on your own machine Powerful combined search across labels, place, colour and quality	Your photos stay on your own server Public sharing and password-protected albums
Indexing and face recognition are demanding; a Raspberry Pi will struggle Docker is the supported install route, which is a barrier for some	You need a server or web space to run it Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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