Lychee (LycheeOrg) vs PhotoPrism

Lychee (LycheeOrg) and PhotoPrism both land on Depends.

Lychee (LycheeOrg)

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you can run and patch a server and want your photos off cloud services . it is free, open source, and actively maintained.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're technical, privacy-focused, and want your library on your own hardware.

Lychee (LycheeOrg) versus PhotoPrism
Compare	Lychee (LycheeOrg)	PhotoPrism
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Self-hosters comfortable with Docker	Privacy-focused self-hosters
Who it's not for	Non-technical users wanting plug-and-play photo backup	Non-technical users wanting one-click setup
Privacy	11 known CVEs plus GitHub advisories; project publishes and patches them, but you must run current releases.	Two 2026 auth-bypass CVEs found; update to the latest build before any public exposure.
Support quality	Volunteer community only; no vendor support.	Community support free; dedicated support paid
Public sentiment	Self-hosters weigh Lychee against Piwigo, PhotoPrism, and Immich; long-term users are loyal, but the project leans on stretched volunteer maintainers.¹¹	Users praise PhotoPrism's AI organization and maturity but commonly gripe about mobile app support and the paid membership model.
Biggest gotcha	Several 2026 CVEs (SSRF, stored XSS) mean you must update fast.	Run the latest build: two 2026 auth-bypass CVEs hit older versions; never expose unpatched instances publicly.

Non-technical users wanting plug-and-play photo backup
Businesses needing vendor SLAs or guaranteed support
Mobile-first users wanting automatic camera-roll sync (Guess: Immich fits better)
Anyone unwilling to patch promptly against CVEs