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.

• Website: https://julyx10.github.io/lap/
• Demo: https://youtu.be/RbKqNKhbVUs
• Privacy: PRIVACY.md

Open the latest release page, then download the file that matches your system:

On Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint, install these packages for better video playback support:

sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-good

Screenshot sample images come from Wikimedia Commons.

• No cloud required: keep your library on your own disk instead of uploading it to a hosted service.
• Private by default: processing happens locally, so your photos stay under your control.
• Free to use: no subscription plan or recurring fee.
• Folder-first: work directly with your existing folders, no import step required.
• High performance for large libraries: optimized for smooth browsing and organization across huge media collections (100k+ files per library).

• Browse and filter by date, location, camera, lens, tags, favorites, ratings, and faces (BETA).
• Manage multiple libraries and switch between them quickly.
• Find duplicates and batch move unwanted copies to trash.
• Edit in place with crop, rotate, flip, resize, and basic adjustments.
• Keep folders in sync with filesystem-aware operations and refresh support.
• Use local search tools such as text/image search, similar-image search, face clustering, and smart tags.
• Open modern image formats including WebP, HEIC/HEIF, AVIF, and JXL (JPEG XL).
• View RAW photos with built-in decoding for 20+ camera RAW formats (CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, etc.).
• Broad video compatibility supporting MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and 20+ other formats with cross-platform optimization.

• Support Live Photos and Motion Photos for mixed photo/video workflows.
• Expand metadata support for EXIF, XMP, and IPTC workflows.

Requirements: Node.js 20+, pnpm, Rust stable.

For Linux runtime video playback, see the package note in the download section above.

# macOS system deps
xcode-select --install
brew install nasm pkg-config autoconf automake libtool cmake

# Linux system deps (Ubuntu/Debian)
# sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev \
#   patchelf nasm clang pkg-config autoconf automake libtool cmake

# Clone and build
git clone --recursive https://github.com/julyx10/lap.git
cd lap
git submodule update --init --recursive
cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2.0.0" --locked
./scripts/download_models.sh            # Windows: .\scripts\download_models.ps1
./scripts/download_ffmpeg_sidecar.sh    # Windows: .\scripts\download_ffmpeg_sidecar.ps1
cd src-vite && pnpm install && cd ..
cargo tauri dev

• Core: Tauri + Rust
• Frontend: Vue + Vite + Tailwind CSS
• Data: SQLite

GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.