Search Photos by What's in Them

A browser workspace, powered locally on your computer. The street you wandered down. The friend in the corner of the frame. PhotoFindry helps you find those photographs again across the folders and drives you choose.

Free · Mac, Linux and Windows · Signed CLI companion Read the installation guide before installing.

Interactive concept with photographs by Lyubomir Lyubenov / Trapped in Transit. Your own library stays on your computer.

Keep the folders you already have. PhotoFindry brings their photographs together with the clues that help you find one again.

Search a filename straight away. As your photographs are described, look for a scene, an object or a small detail you remember.

When a simple search is not enough, choose Local AI Search. It reviews saved details, shows candidates as it works and lets you pause or stop.

PhotoFindry checks new and retagged photos for faces locally. Name one clear face to find confident matches; review uncertain suggestions and correct names across your library.

Use recorded GPS, capture time, camera or lens to narrow your search. Nearby-city labels are resolved locally, with no maps API or location upload.

Add folders without moving originals. PhotoFindry checks returning drives and verified folder moves in the background, keeping saved details and your own pauses.

Prepare offline previews for a drive you unplug. On Mac, export a library backup or source archive with saved details; bring the originals along separately. Linux and Windows backups and source transfer are not yet available.

Descriptions and search run on your computer. People is available on Mac and Linux. Your originals remain in the folders and drives you choose, and you decide when to prepare previews for offline browsing.

Getting Started walks you through adding photographs. They stay in the folders where you put them.

Supply a compatible vision model and matching projector. Start tagging when you are ready; the app saves descriptions as it works.

Search filenames, then saved scenes, people and photo details. Open a result and see where the original lives.

The free beta is available now. Install the beta 1 CLI companion, read the installation guide and begin with a small photo folder. It is early software; keep independent backups.

Apple silicon Macs with macOS 14+, Linux x86_64 with systemd user services, and Windows 10/11 x64. Mac Core ML ranking requires macOS 15. People is available on Mac and Linux; Windows has no face provider yet. Vision model choice and performance depend on available memory and hardware. See the installation guide for platform prerequisites and tested limits.

PhotoFindry’s tagging, face matching and search run locally on your computer. You choose where your original files live. Compatible vision model files are supplied separately, so you will need to get them during setup.

PhotoFindry is free to use, without an AI subscription. Choose a compatible vision model and its matching projector; the app includes and manages the local runtime. You don’t need to install a separate server or developer tools.

Yes. Filename search works before tagging. Descriptions and scene details become searchable as they are saved. Local AI Search uses the evidence already in your library, so it has more to work with after tagging.

Saved descriptions and names remain searchable. You can browse offline previews if you prepared them while the drive was connected. When the source returns, PhotoFindry checks it automatically and continues eligible waiting work. Jobs and queues you paused stay paused. Library backups and source archives can carry saved details and optional previews, but they do not include your original photographs or model files.

No model gets every detail right. PhotoFindry keeps uncertain face matches for review, lets you correct names and offers ways to review or retag photo descriptions. A search result is a lead, not a promise about what is in the frame.

Send a private bug report or suggestion, with an email for follow-up and optional screenshots. Your library is never attached automatically.

From your first folder to reconnecting a photo drive, the guides cover the everyday details.

Free to use, with completely optional coffee support.

A private, searchable library for your photographs. Free to use. Your originals stay yours.

Mac · Linux · Windows · Signed companion installers Vision model files are selected separately.