Lap

Family-friendly, offline photo manager for 10k+ photos.

Lap was created by a photography enthusiast who couldn't find a truly satisfying photo manager on MacBook. It is designed for two daily needs: organizing family albums and browsing/searching massive local photo libraries.

Website: https://julyx10.github.io/lap/

Core Highlights

Large-scale photo organization: Built for family albums and photographer archives, with classification and search by date, location, camera, and face recognition across 10k+ photos.
Multi-Library workflow: Separate work and family libraries with clean boundaries and quick switching.
Local AI search: Natural-language search, similar-image discovery, and face clustering run on-device for fast results.
Local folder management and sync: No import required. Use your real folders directly; changes in Finder are reflected in Lap, and file moves in Lap stay synced on disk.
100% offline privacy: No cloud upload, no remote processing, no vendor lock-in.

Download

Platform	Download	Notes
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Download .dmg (aarch64)	Notarized by Apple, fully tested
macOS (Intel)	Download .dmg (x64)	Notarized by Apple
Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)	Download .deb (amd64)	Community testing welcome
Windows	-	Coming soon

Product Snapshot

Notes: Screenshot sample images come from Wikimedia Commons.

Comparison

Feature	Cloud Albums (Google/iCloud)	Classic Viewers	Lap
Privacy	❌	✅	✅
AI Search	✅	❌	✅
Folder-native file control	❌	✅	✅
Offline-first	❌	✅	✅
Vendor lock-in	High	None	None

Supported Formats

Type	Formats
Images	JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, HEIC
Videos	MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI

Development

Tech stack:

Core: Tauri 2 + Rust
Frontend: Vue 3 + Vite
Data: SQLite
AI/media: CLIP, InsightFace, FFmpeg

Quick start:

# Download AI models
./scripts/download_models.sh

# Install frontend deps
cd src-vite && pnpm install && cd ..

# Run dev app
cargo tauri dev

Requirements:

Node.js 20+, pnpm 8+
Rust stable
macOS: xcode-select --install, brew install nasm pkg-config
Linux: sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf nasm clang pkg-config

License

GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.

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