First, I want to specify that I use Lychee-Docker and that’s the only experience I have with Lychee.
I’ve been using it for some time to share family pics with family members and it’s been great.
However, with v5, I’ve noticed some issues that are making things a bit challenging.
I appreciate some of the good ideas that came with the new update, but in my opinion, there are also quite a few bad decisions that have been made.
For example:
Can’t import photos / videos from server anymore. I sometimes used to drop files directly in a location of my server and then use the UI to import them. Convenient on mobile or with large number of files.
Can’t remove single / several photos from an album anymore. You need to delete the album and re-upload
Can’t obtain shorter link to a gallery anymore with the “share” button they removed a while back
The new “+” menu should have a background for legibility
There is a HUGE useless empty space at the top of galleries now
Had to tinker with config like adding TRUSTED_PROXIES=* to fix a thing and was told to keep it anyway but the reason why and how to properly do it are not documented
Had to temporarily fix my Nginx config but it seems like it has become a permanent fix, but it is not documented
But at the same time I LOVE these options for public albums:
Original: Anonymous users can behold full-resolution photos.
Hidden: Anonymous users need a direct link to access this album.
Downloadable: Anonymous users can download this album.
Password protected: Anonymous users need a shared password to access this album.
Actually, those 4 options are all I need. But I need the tool that provides them to work…
They said “the team is so slow that we don’t have anybody to review complex pull requests.” That makes me sad.
I wish I had the time to learn how to code and help out, but I can’t. And even if I could, I’d probably end up building my own tool in the end.
I am not looking for a google photos replacement. Immich is great but that is not what I want to use.
I have tried several known alternatives but I’m curious to hear your thoughts on Lychee in its current state and if you have any suggestions for other tools that could serve a similar purpose.
I needed this comment a few weeks ago. Updated it and everything broke, still haven’t been able to recover from it. I’m considering moving to a different software just because it’s absurd that it breaks so completely if you don’t thread very carefully, most software I have ever worked with has migration protocols for when there’s db changes to avoid this sort of thing.
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I needed this comment a few weeks ago. Updated it and everything broke, still haven’t been able to recover from it. I’m considering moving to a different software just because it’s absurd that it breaks so completely if you don’t thread very carefully, most software I have ever worked with has migration protocols for when there’s db changes to avoid this sort of thing.
I’m sorry to hear that. But the dev points that out very clear on the docs etc.
From what we self hosters are used to, this does not happen often, but it can.
Hope you can recover!