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Zenphoto vs Lychee: catalog facts
Zenphoto	Lychee
Free Free and open source, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source, with optional GitHub sponsorship.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Gallery-first CMS with a blog and pages Multi-user with user rights	Your photos stay on your own server Public sharing and password-protected albums
Requires your own web hosting Publishing tool rather than a phone photo backup	You need a server or web space to run it Focused on albums and sharing rather than phone backup
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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