Facet

7.1easy start · #6 of 29
in AI Photo Culling Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Facet is ranked #6 of 29 in AI photo culling software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

Facet plans and pricing

All plans

Facet Free Free and local · no cloud, accounts, or subscriptions github.com · 28 Sept 2026

Compared on AI photo culling software

Free plan: Yes
AI quality scoring: Yes
Subject detection: Yes
Duplicate detection: Yes
RAW photo support: Yes
Blur detection: Yes
Closed-eye detection: Yes
Lightroom export: Yes

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The record

Product: Facet scores, culls, organizes, and serves a web gallery for local photo libraries.
Privacy: Facet runs on the user's machine and says it uses no cloud, accounts, or API keys.
Photo scoring: It scores photos across nine dimensions, including aesthetic quality, composition, face quality, sharpness, color, exposure, subject saliency, and dynamic range.
Culling: It detects bursts, similar photos, blinks, and duplicates, and provides auto-culling with a dry-run preview.
Gallery: The gallery includes natural-language semantic search, filters, timeline, map, albums, and themed slideshows.
People: Facet detects and groups faces, with tools to search, rename, merge, and organize person clusters.
Integrations: Facet documents metadata interoperability with Lightroom, Capture One, digiKam, and darktable using XMP sidecars.
Phone uploads: Users can send photos to its built-in WebDAV inbox with PhotoSync or another WebDAV app.
Sharing: Users can create album links that need no recipient login and can be revoked; client proofing supports hearts and comments, with an optional PIN.
Hardware: Core scoring, face detection, culling, gallery, search, albums, and metadata export work on CPU without a GPU; an NVIDIA GPU unlocks additional models and features.
Limits: Facet does not provide RAW editing or development, and its README says it has no mobile app or cloud backup.
Setup: Facet can be installed with Docker or natively on Linux and macOS; its README says it requires Python.
Audience: The maker describes Facet as a fit for people with large local libraries who want to find top shots and cull bursts and near-duplicates.
License: Facet is distributed under the MIT license.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best AI Photo Culling Software in 2026#6 of 29

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Sources

github.com/ncoevoet/facet· checked 28 Sept 2026