electerious/Lychee
Lychee
Lychee is a self-hosted photo management system and PHP web application designed for organizing, browsing, and sharing personal photo collections. It functions as a dockerized media server that provides a web interface for uploading and managing images independently of commercial cloud services.
The system features an integrated image processing pipeline that automatically generates responsive thumbnails and applies watermarks during the upload process. It supports remote media migration through integration with the Dropbox API and allows for the synchronization of existing server directories.
The application manages media using file-based album storage, mapping collections to directory structures on the host filesystem. Distribution capabilities include the generation of public share links with social media metadata, RSS feeds, and template tags for embedding albums into external websites.
Developers can extend the application's functionality through a hook-based plugin system that triggers custom scripts during lifecycle events.
Features
- Self-Hosted Photo Platforms - Provides a self-hosted platform for organizing, browsing, and storing personal photo collections on a private server.
- Photo Management Systems - Provides a complete self-hosted platform for organizing, viewing, and managing digital photo collections.
- Media File Storages - Stores photo albums as directory structures on the filesystem for direct file access and database-free backups.
- Image Processing Pipelines - Uses an Imagick-based pipeline to automatically resize, thumbnail, and optimize images during the upload process.
- Media Album Organization - Allows users to organize their photo collections by grouping images into structured albums.
- Image Processing Automation - Automates the generation of thumbnails and the application of watermarks during the image upload process.
- Image Processors - Utilizes an integrated processing pipeline to automatically resize, optimize, and generate responsive thumbnails.
- Photo Album Management - Allows users to group uploaded photos into structured albums for improved browsing and management.
- PHP Applications - Implements a server-side PHP application that renders HTML and manages file-based storage for media.
- Browser-Based Device Uploads - Features a browser-based interface for securely uploading photo collections directly to the server.
- Album Mappings - Maps photo albums directly to directory structures on the host filesystem for simplified file access and backups.
- Public Gallery Shares - Generates unique shareable URLs for albums and photos, including Open Graph metadata for social media previews.
- Share Link Generation - Generates unique public shareable URLs for albums and photos, including social media metadata.
- Local Directory Synchronizations - Synchronizes the internal photo library with existing image directories located on the server's host filesystem.
- Docker Container Deployments - Offers official Docker images to package the PHP environment and dependencies for isolated server deployment.
- Containerized Application Deployments - Provides a Docker image to ensure a consistent and isolated PHP runtime environment for server deployment.
- Watermarking - Automatically applies watermarks to photo copies during the upload process to protect intellectual property.
- Social Media Meta-Tag Generators - Generates Open Graph and Twitter Card tags to ensure images render correctly on social media platforms.
- Hook-Based Plugin Systems - Implements a hook-based plugin system that allows developers to trigger custom PHP scripts during application lifecycle events.
- Docker-Deployable File Servers - Ships as a containerized media server for simplified installation and isolated dependency management.
- Server-Side Rendering - Renders HTML pages dynamically on the server using PHP to deliver pre-rendered content to the browser.
- Photo Hosting - Web-based photo management tool with a native-like user experience.
- Web Applications - Web-based photo management system.
