Lychee vs Piwigo
Both Lychee and Piwigo are self-hosted alternatives to Amazon Photos, Flickr, Google Photos, iCloud Photos, Photobucket and SmugMug. Both are filed under Photo Galleries.
Side by side
| Field | Lychee | Piwigo |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Grid and album based photo-management-system. | Photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. |
| GitHub stars | 4,325 | 3,877 |
| License | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker | PHP |
| Latest release | v7.12.0, 22 October 2026 | 16.4.0, 3 May 2026 |
| Repository activity | 1 November 2026 | 29 October 2026 |
| Health | Active | Active |
| Categories | Photo Galleries | Photo Galleries |
| Website | https://lycheeorg.github.io/ | https://piwigo.org/ |
| Source code | https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee | https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo |
Where the records differ
Computed from the two records above: a line appears only where the dataset states a figure, a date or a set relation, and no line recommends one application over the other.
- Lychee has more GitHub stars in the dataset, 4,325 against 3,877.
- Lychee recorded repository activity more recently, 1 November 2026 against 29 October 2026.
- Lychee has the newer release on record: v7.12.0, 22 October 2026, against 16.4.0, 3 May 2026.
- Licenses differ: Lychee is listed under MIT; Piwigo under GPL-2.0.
- Platforms differ: Lychee lists PHP, Docker; Piwigo lists PHP.
- Both are filed under the same categories: Photo Galleries.