Facet turns a Mac mini into a private photo culling server
Facet 1.6.0 is a for analyzing and organizing a photo library on your own machine. It scores each photo across 9 areas, including visual appeal, composition, face quality, sharpness, and exposure, then saves the results in SQLite. It can scan JPG, HEIF/HEIC, and 10 RAW formats.
It groups similar and duplicate photos, finds burst shots and closed eyes, and lets you review photos by time-based scenes. Auto-cull can prepare a full cleanup pass with a preview before changes are applied. The web gallery includes grid browsing, timeline view, map view, folder browsing, same-date memories, , and themed slideshows.
It also supports and grouping, merge suggestions, manual and smart albums, star ratings, favorites, AI tags, batch actions with undo, shared album links, and CSV/JSON export. For deeper review, it offers score breakdowns, optional VLM photo critique in plain language, a weight tuner that learns from A/B comparisons, and a personal taste ranker.
Key points
- Facet 1.6.0 with no cloud account or API keys.
- It scores photos across 9 areas and stores the results in SQLite.
- It supports JPG, HEIF/HEIC, and 10 RAW formats.
- It helps remove clutter by grouping duplicates, similar shots, burst photos, and blink photos.
- It includes a web gallery, , albums, ratings, AI tags, shared links, and CSV/JSON export.