A fast, native desktop app for photographers to import, cull, and organize photos.

Built with Tauri + Rust + React + TypeScript

I go out to shoot photos with my camera — it's my main hobby. I needed a simple and fast way to export images and videos from my SD card and organise proper folder structures. So I created this app in a day. Feel free to fork and develop!

• Fast Import — Scan SD cards or folders, detect duplicates, copy/move with custom folder templates
• RAW+JPG Pairing — Automatically links RAW and JPG pairs, shows JPG as primary with RAW toggle
• Culling Views — Grid, Loupe (full-res zoom/pan), Filmstrip, and Compare (side-by-side)
• Rating & Picks — Star ratings (1-5), Pick/Reject flags with keyboard shortcuts
• Date Browser — Navigate your library by Year > Month > Day tree
• Thumbnail Generation — Parallel, EXIF-aware thumbnails for JPG, HEIF, and RAW files
• Export to Lightroom — Generate XMP sidecar files with ratings and labels
• Trash Management — Soft delete with configurable retention period
• Volume Detection — Auto-detects SD cards and external drives

• Rust
• Node.js (v18+)
• Tauri CLI

npm install
cargo tauri dev

cargo tauri build

Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/PhotoFlow.app

• Backend — Rust, Tauri 2, SQLite (rusqlite)
• Frontend — React 19, TypeScript, Zustand, Tailwind CSS 4
• Image Processing — image crate with EXIF orientation, parallel thumbnail generation
• RAW Support — Embedded JPEG preview extraction from CR2, CR3, ARW, NEF, ORF, RAF, DNG, RW2, PEF

MIT