julyx10 / lap

Lap - Private Local Photo Manager 
 Open-source desktop photo manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux. 
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Lap is an open-source, local-first photo manager for browsing family albums, finding old photos quickly, and managing large personal media libraries offline.
It is a privacy-focused alternative to cloud photo services: no forced upload, local AI search, folder-first workflow, and free to use.
## Download Lap
Open the latest release page, then download the file that matches your system:
| Platform | Package | Note |
| :-- | :-- | :-- |
| **macOS (Apple Silicon / Intel)** | `_aarch64.dmg` / `_x64.dmg` | Notarized by Apple |
| **Windows 10/11 (x64 / ARM64)** | `_x64_en-US.msi` / `_arm64_en-US.msi` | Unsigned — if SmartScreen blocks the download, click **Keep anyway** |
| **Linux (x64 / ARM64)** | `_amd64.deb` / `_arm64.deb` | For Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, etc.) |
| **Linux (x64 / ARM64)** | `_amd64.AppImage` / `_aarch64.AppImage` | Make the file executable, then double-click to run |
### macOS with Homebrew
 [code] 
## Screenshots
## Why Lap
- **Local-first by design**: your photos stay on your own disk, with no required cloud account or upload.
- **No library lock-in**: work directly with your existing folders instead of importing everything into a closed database.
- **Private AI tools**: search, similarity, smart tags, and face features run locally on your machine.
- **Built for large collections**: optimized for smooth browsing and organization across libraries with 100k+ files.
- **Open source and free**: no subscription, no forced ecosystem, and code you can inspect.
## Features
- **Flexible library browsing** by date, folder, location, camera, lens, tags, ratings, and faces, with sorting and search.
- **Folder-first workflow** with multiple libraries, drag-&-drop import/export, copy-paste import/export, filesystem sync, and safe move/copy/delete operations.
- **Local AI search** for text prompts, visual similarity, subjects, face clustering, and optional multilingual search in 50+ languages.
- **Smart Albums** save rule-based views with custom grouping and sorting.
- **Date-organized import** with day, month, year, or single-folder layouts, original filenames, and duplicate skipping.
- **Collections and tags** to organize selected files in bulk without moving or duplicating the originals.
- **Duplicate cleanup** with reclaimable-space summaries and bulk removal across duplicate sets.
- **Culling and comparison tools** including a four-pane image comparison viewer.
- **Built-in editing** for crop, arbitrary-angle straighten, rotate, flip, resize, and basic image adjustments.
- **Photo Collage** to compose selected photos into grid, justified-mosaic, or picture-pile layouts.
- **Apple Live Photos and Google Motion Photos** with motion playback and a unified Smart Album filter.
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