# Lychee / Chibisafe

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

**Replaces:** Imgur

**Tier:** Easy

## 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.

## Stack

- [Lychee](https://lycheeorg.github.io) — MIT photo gallery you host — the published Imgur path
- [Chibisafe](https://chibisafe.app) — MIT ShareX-style image host if the job is a dump, not albums

## Estimated SaaS cost saved

| You stop paying | Typical / year | Self-host instead |
|---|---:|---|
| Imgur / hosted image dump (small team) | $1,200 | Lychee or Chibisafe + a volume |

**About $1,200 / year** on a small team, before you count lock-in.

## Deploy on Railway

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.

[Start on Railway](https://c17.io/go/railway/lychee-images?from=%2Fstacks%2Flychee-images.md)

[Immich if this is a camera roll, not a public image dump](https://c17.io/stacks/immich-photos)

## AGENT_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.
```

## 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.

Source: https://c17.io/stacks/lychee-images