Lychee is a free, easy to use and great looking photo-management-system you can run on your server to manage and share photos. Just download the source and follow the instructions to install Lychee wherever you want.
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#### Folder permissions
Change the permissions of `/lychee/uploads` to 777, including all subfolders:
Change the permissions of `uploads/` to 777, including all subfolders:
chmod -R 777 lychee/uploads/
chmod -R 777 uploads/
#### Lychee configuration `lychee/php/config.php`
#### Lychee configuration `php/config.php`
Change the following properties with your MySQL information:
$db = The name of the Database you want to use
-> Lychee will create the Database for you
$dbUser = Your MySQL username
$dbPassword = Your MySQL password
$dbHost = Your MySQL host (in most cases you can use localhost)
-> Lychee will create the Database and Tables for you
$dbUser = Your MySQL username
$dbPassword = Your MySQL password
$dbHost = Your MySQL host (in most cases you can use localhost)
Your photos are protected by a username and password you need to set:
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## How to use
After the configuration, navigate your browser to the place where Lychee is located. Everything should work now. If not, try the installation again.
After the configuration, navigate your browser to the place where Lychee is located. Everything should work now.
### FTP Upload
You can upload and share photos directly from every FTP client with Lychee. To do so, upload images to `uploads/import/` and navigate your browser to the place where Lychee is located (e.g. `http://example.com/view.php?p=filename.png`). `filename.png` must be replaced by the filename of your uploaded file. [Sample configuration](http://lychee.electerious.com/view.php?p=13657692738813).
You can upload photos directly with every FTP client into Lychee. This feature helps you to share single images quickly with others.
1. Upload an image to `uploads/import/`
2. Navigate your browser to the place where Lychee is located (e.g. `http://example.com/view.php?p=filename.png`). `filename.png` must be replaced by the filename of your uploaded file.
3. Share the link.
Lychee will import the file as an public image, delete the original (unused) file and show it in the browser. [Sample FTP configuration](http://l.electerious.com/view.php?p=13657692738813).
### Keyboard Shortcuts
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Lychee supports the latest versions of Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Photos you share with others can be viewed from every browser.
## Update
To update Lychee, simply replace all files, excluding the following ones:
`uploads/`, `php/config.php`
## Troubleshooting
If Lychee is not working properly, try to open `php/check.php`. This file will take a look at your configuration and displays all errors it can find. Everything should work if you can see the message "Lychee is ready!".
## About
Lychee is made by [Tobias Reich](http://electerious.com) (HTML, CSS, JS, Design, Website Design and Development) with the help of [Philipp Maurer](http://phinal.net) (PHP, MySQL).
Tobias Reich
11 years ago