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Lychee
A great looking and easy-to-use Photo-Management-System.
Lychee is a free photo-management tool, which runs on your server or web-space. Installing is a matter of seconds. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application. Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely.
Installation
To run Lychee, everything you need is a web-server with PHP 5.3 or later and a MySQL-Database. Follow the instructions to install Lychee on your server. Installation »
How to use
You can use Lychee right after the installation. Here are some advanced features to get the most out of it.
Settings
Sign in and click the gear on the top left corner to change your settings. If you want to edit them manually: MySQL details are stored in data/config.php. Other options and hidden settings are stored directly in the database. Settings »
Update
Updating is as easy as it should be. Update »
Build
Lychee is ready to use, right out of the box. If you want to contribute and edit CSS or JS files, you need to rebuild Lychee. Build »
Keyboard Shortcuts
These shortcuts will help you to use Lychee even faster. Keyboard Shortcuts »
Twitter Cards
Lychee supports Twitter Cards and Open Graph for shared images (not albums). In order to use Twitter Cards you need to request an approval for your domain. Simply share an image with Lychee, copy its link and paste it in Twitters Card Validator.
Troubleshooting
Take a look at the FAQ if you have problems.
Extensions
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| lycheesync | Sync Lychee with any directory containing photos | https://github.com/GustavePate/lycheesync |
Developer
| Version | Name |
|---|---|
| 1.2, 1.3, 2.x | Tobias Reich |
| 1.0, 1.1 | Tobias Reich Philipp Maurer |
Donate
I am working hard on continuously developing and maintaining Lychee. Please consider making a donation via Flattr or PayPal (from our site) to keep the project going strong and me motivated.
License
Copyright © 2014 Tobias Reich
Copyright © 2013 Philipp Maurer
Lychee by Tobias Reich is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://github.com/electerious/Lychee.
You are allowed to use Lychee for personal/non-commercial purposes. You are not allowed to commercially use Lychee 2.1 or higher without a valid license from our website.