[wackget]

Does anyone know of an offline photo manager with object detection search?

All I want is an app which I can point at a folder and then search for "cat" or whatever and have it show all the pictures with cats.

Seems like all the photo apps I look at are either vastly over-engineered or lack this kind of visual search/tagging.

[azeemba]

https://immich.app/ has built in auto-detection and tagging.

I am surprised by the over-engineered comment. Object auto-detection is kind of an advanced feature and I would expect a lot of extra infra required for it. Immich hides it because they just publish docker containers for you but I imagine it would feel more complex if you were to look at the internals.

[Terretta]

> offline ... with object detection search ... All I want is an app which I can point at a folder and then search for "cat" or whatever and have it show all the pictures with cats

From yesterday on HN:

Desktop Docs is a Mac app that lets you search all your photos and videos in seconds with AI.

Once you find the file you're looking for you can resize it, export it to Adobe Premiere Pro, or drag and drop it into another app.

I built Desktop Docs because I keep tons of media files on my computer and I can never remember where I save stuff (lots of screenshots, memes, and downloads). The Apple Photos app also only supports photos in your iCloud.

Desktop Docs supports adding folders or individual files to an AI Library where you can search by the contents of your files, not just file titles.

You can search by objects ("cardboard box"), actions ("man smiling", "car driving"), by emotion ("surprised woman", "sad cowboy"), or the text in the frame (great for screenshots or memes).

It's also 100% private. Make any media searchable without it ever leaving your computer.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40371467%0A

[mholt]

Do any of Photostructure, Photoprism, Ente, or Immich fit the bill?

(Edit: I guess Ente is online)

[0x6c6f6c]

I know they (Ente) are working on local ML features for those types of use cases. Don't know the latest status.

[stevenicr]

https://www.acdsee.com/en/photo-studio/ai/ Is one that I have gotten, but not gotten around to testing these features yet. They say they have a new 'people mode'.

[danjl]

Check out https://1lilac.com. Still in development. Pricing is temporary. Keen to hear feedback. This likely falls into the "vastly over-engineered" category. Also, it is only online at the moment. Disclaimer: I am the developer.

[VoVAllen]

immich did this perfectly. see https://www.reddit.com/r/immich/comments/1bdi3dz/immich_is_a...

[neongodzilla]

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