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Lychee / Chibisafe

Image hosting you run. Lychee is MIT; Chibisafe is MIT — Imgur without the hosted dump seat.

The problem

Imgur is a hosted image dump and gallery. You wanted a share link and albums on hardware you control. Lychee is MIT (LycheeOrg/Lychee). Chibisafe is MIT (chibisafe/chibisafe; last push 22 Oct 2026). Immich is the camera-roll app — already on /replace/google-photos. Pixelfed is a social feed — /replace/instagram. This is not Imgur's every community SKU or a Flickr groups network. Pinry is a quieter Pinterest-shaped board (last commit July 2025) — not the published path.

Replaces

Imgur

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Estimated SaaS saved

$1,200

per year, small team, before lock-in

Start on Railway

Immich if this is a camera roll, not a public image dump

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Placeholder: Lychee or Chibisafe plus a volume for originals. Bind HTTP to 0.0.0.0:$PORT. No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway. A camera-roll timeline stays on /stacks/immich-photos.

The stack

Cost table

You stop payingTypical / yearSelf-host instead
Imgur / hosted image dump (small team)$1,200Lychee or Chibisafe + a volume

Agent setup prompt

Replace Imgur with Lychee (preferred gallery) or Chibisafe (ShareX-style dump).

- Official image. Persist originals. Upload one image and copy a share link. Do not claim Imgur community features.
- Immich if this is a camera roll — /stacks/immich-photos. Pixelfed if this is a social feed — /stacks/pixelfed-social.
- Write AGENT_PROMPT.md.

Also as markdown: /stacks/lychee-images.md

FAQ

Lychee or Chibisafe?
Lychee if you want albums (the published Imgur path). Chibisafe if you want a ShareX-style dump.
Why not Immich?
Immich is a camera-roll timeline — /replace/google-photos and /replace/flickr. This page is a public image host.
Are these free?
Lychee and Chibisafe are MIT. You pay hosting and storage. Template users never pay c17.