Ente vs Lychee

Comparing two open source alternatives to Google Photos . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Ente

AGPL-3.0

🔒 End-to-end encrypted cloud for photos, videos and 2FA secrets.

MIT

Beautiful self-hosted photo management tool with a stunning web interface.

	Ente	Lychee
License	AGPL-3.0	MIT
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	27,346	4,209
Forks	1,684	371
Open Issues	335	38
Last Commit	Jun 26, 2026	Jun 27, 2026
First Released	Nov 1, 2022	Aug 8, 2018
Categories	2FA Authentication	Cloud Storage Productivity & Utilities
Tags	#authentication #2fa	#self hosted #privacy #cloud storage

Self-hosted open-source web gallery for photos and videos with AI-powered image discovery, face detection, and tagging.

AI-powered self-hosted photo app for browsing, organizing, and sharing your photo collection.

A self-hosted, Instagram-style photo and video gallery that serves your local folders as a beautiful feed.

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution with automatic backup, facial recognition, and AI-powered search.

A fast directory-first photo gallery website, with rich UI, optimized for running on low resource servers (especially on Raspberry Pi).

Open-source photo gallery and management software for individuals and teams.