Lychee vs immich-power-tools
Self-hosted photo tools compared
Lychee is a self-hosted web application for uploading, managing, and sharing a photo library. immich-power-tools is an unofficial companion for organizing an existing Immich library, with bulk workflows and analytics.
Lychee: Manage and Share Photos on Your Own Server
Lychee is a self-hosted photo-management application for uploading, organizing, and sharing photos through a web interface. It suits individuals and groups who want control over their photo library and storage.
immich-power-tools: Organize and Manage Immich Libraries
Immich Power Tools is a self-hosted companion for organizing Immich photo libraries with bulk people and album workflows, location fixes, analytics, and natural-language search. It suits Immich users who want to manage large libraries more efficiently than through individual asset edits.
| Lychee | immich-power-tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Language | PHP | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 4.3k | 2.7k |
| Forks | 381 | 59 |
| Last analyzed | Oct 3, 2026 | Oct 3, 2026 |
Key differences
- Lychee provides a standalone photo gallery, while immich-power-tools depends on an Immich instance and connects to its API and database.
- Lychee focuses on uploading, managing, and sharing photos; immich-power-tools adds bulk people and album workflows, location fixes, analytics, and assisted search.
- Lychee is written in PHP and licensed under MIT; immich-power-tools is written in TypeScript and licensed under AGPL-3.0.
- Lychee documents Docker Compose deployment as its recommended option and also offers release or source installation; immich-power-tools runs alongside Immich and its Docker setup calls for a shared network.
- Lychee suits individuals or groups seeking a self-hosted gallery; immich-power-tools suits Immich users who want to manage an actively organized library more efficiently.
Choose Lychee if you…
- want a self-hosted web gallery for uploading, organizing, and sharing photos.
- prefer to manage where your photo library is stored, using your own server or web space.
- want a standalone photo-management application rather than a tool that depends on Immich.
Choose immich-power-tools if you…
- already use Immich and want bulk workflows for people, albums, or location metadata.
- want library analytics such as asset timelines and EXIF data.
- need natural-language search through Immich's Smart Search API, with optional AI-based query parsing.
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