foto

A fast, focused photo browser for macOS, built with Flutter.

Highlights

• Dynamic justified gallery with lazy rendering for large photo collections
• Fast navigation through favorites, local disks, and network locations
• Capture-focused inspector with date, GPS location, and native MapKit snapshot
• Detailed file, exposure, camera, and image metadata
• Full-screen photo viewer with zoom, rotation, and clipboard actions
• Instant 100% loupe while holding Space over a gallery photo
• Folder-scoped visual similarity review powered by native macOS Vision
• Synchronized side-by-side comparison for two to four photos
• File copy, move, rename, and delete plus folder copy, move, and delete
• Custom light and dark appearances that follow the macOS system setting

foto is currently developed and tested for macOS.

Run locally

Install Flutter, then run:

flutter pub get
flutter run -d macos

Build and install

Build foto in release mode and install it in /Applications:

make deploy

Verify changes

flutter analyze
flutter test
flutter build macos --debug

Roadmap

• EXIF metadata cache
• Folder rename
• Image resize and format conversion
• Set an image as the desktop wallpaper