Lychee hosting in the EU

Lychee: A photo gallery you host yourself, with albums, maps and a slideshow for every trip. On blitz.cloud you install it from the App Store in one click. It gets its own address with HTTPS, 5 GB of storage and the MariaDB it needs, and it runs on servers in the EU. You can run it on the free plan, without a credit card.

A self-hosted alternative to Google Photos and PhotoPrism

Lychee does the job of Google Photos or PhotoPrism, but it is your own copy: your data sits in your app, not in somebody else's account, and nobody changes the price or the rules on you. Self-hosting usually means renting a server and keeping it patched. Here the App Store sets it up and keeps it running.

What it needs

Install it

1. Start the install of Lychee. Without an account you create one with Google, GitHub or your email.
2. Pick your address, like yourname.blitz.cloud. The app's page in the App Store opens right after.
3. Click Install. It lists what gets created, the database included, and is online about a minute later, at an address like lychee.yourname.blitz.cloud.
4. Open the app's address and sign in with admin / password, the default login. Change it at once under Settings.

Deploy button for your README

Do you maintain Lychee or write about it? Put this button in a README or a post. A click opens Lychee in the blitz.cloud App Store, ready to install; someone without an account signs up for free first.

[![Deploy on blitz.cloud](https://blitz.cloud/badge/deploy.svg)](https://dashboard.blitz.cloud/store/lychee?src=badge-lychee)

<a href="https://dashboard.blitz.cloud/store/lychee?src=badge-lychee"><img src="https://blitz.cloud/badge/deploy.svg" alt="Deploy on blitz.cloud" width="164" height="28"></a>

Questions

Can I host Lychee for free?

Yes. The free plan runs it without a card and without an end date. The app sleeps after 30 minutes without visitors, and the next visit wakes it.

Where is my Lychee data stored?

On blitz.cloud's servers in the EU, run by BlitzWorks, a company in Germany. Once signed in, you can download the data processing agreement as a PDF.

Can I use my own domain for Lychee?

Yes, on Pro, or on the free plan by making this one app a Pro app. HTTPS for the domain is set up for you.

Is Lychee backed up?

Its database is backed up every night: 7 nights are kept on the free plan, 30 on Pro. On Pro the app's files are copied every night too.

How does Lychee get updates?

With automatic updates on, it gets new versions of its version line overnight. If a new version doesn't start, the one before it keeps running.