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SCM: Deep AI search for every photo and video frame on macOS
Open-source, local-first app that semantically indexes and searches every photo and video frame in any folder on macOS.
Why it matters
Privacy-preserving on-device multimodal search for a whole photo/video library; hit the HN front page as a Show HN within hours of release.
What you could build with it
An indie developer could adapt the semantic-indexing pipeline into a private offline librarian for photographers: auto-tag every shoot by content, answer queries like 'golden retriever at sunset' across terabytes, and never upload a frame to the cloud.
Does it hold up?
Too early to judge: repo created Oct 3 with 14 stars; the only public signal so far is the Show HN thread — no independent installs, reviews, or third-party builds yet.
Built with SCM
- Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOShacker news · Launch-day Show HN by the author; 11 points and front-page placement within hours of the repo going public.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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