SnapSort v2.0 Is Here: Organize Your Photos by Faces — Offline, Private, and Smarter Than Ever

Abhishek Singh Kushwaha — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:00:29 +0000

🚀 SnapSort v2.0 is Live — Now with Website & Human-in-the-Loop Face Merging!

After an amazing response to v1, I'm excited to announce the v2.0.0 release of SnapSort — a cross-platform, open-source desktop app for sorting and browsing your photo collection by detected faces, now with even more power, polish, and a brand new website! 🌐

➡️ Website: snapsort-website.vercel.app
➡️ GitHub: github.com/ASK-03/SnapSort

💡 What’s New in v2.0?

🧠 Human Feedback Loop for Face Grouping

Faces are now smarter — you can manually merge similar-looking face groups using a dedicated interface. This adds a layer of human-in-the-loop accuracy to your photo organization!

🎨 UI/UX Overhaul

Modern, polished interface for a smoother experience
Dark mode support
Easier navigation, better layout, and responsive feel

🛠️ Under-the-Hood Upgrades

Major code refactor for performance & maintainability
Added docstrings across modules for dev onboarding
Modularized core logic for easier contributions

📦 Download SnapSort v2.0

Windows: SnapSort-Windows.zip
macOS: SnapSort-macOS.zip
Linux: SnapSort-Linux.zip

Or just explore the new features and screenshots on the official site:
👉 snapsort-website.vercel.app

🔍 Core Features (Still Awesome)

Scan local folders of .jpg / .png images
Detect and index faces
Browse all images containing a selected face
View “group photos” with all selected faces together
Fully offline & privacy-preserving
Cross-platform: works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

🙌 How You Can Help

Try out v2.0 and send feedback!
⭐ Star the repo on GitHub — it keeps me motivated!
Open issues, request features, or submit PRs
Share SnapSort with anyone drowning in unorganized photos
Drop suggestions in the comments — I read every one

🛠️ Tech Stack

Language: Python 3.10
Face Detection: face_recognition
Similarity Indexing: FAISS
GUI: PyQt5
Packaging: PyInstaller
Website: Next.js + shadcn + Vercel

Thank you for supporting this little passion project!
If SnapSort makes your life even 1% easier, consider dropping a ⭐ on GitHub — it means the world. 😊

➡️ GitHub Repo
➡️ Website

Cross-Platform Image Viewer on Steroids: SnapSort v1.0.0

Abhishek Singh Kushwaha — Tue, 20 May 2025 18:55:44 +0000

🚀 Announcing SnapSort v1.0!

Ever loved how your phone groups photos by faces? I did too — until I moved them to my laptop and lost that magic. So I built SnapSort, a cross-platform desktop app that brings face-based image sorting offline, with speed and privacy.

I’m thrilled to share the first official release of SnapSort, an open-source desktop app for sorting and browsing your photo collection by detected faces.

Download the builds here for:

Windows: SnapSort-Windows.zip
macOS: SnapSort-macOS.zip
Linux (Ubuntu): SnapSort-Linux.zip

Demo Video of v0

🔍 What Is SnapSort?

SnapSort lets you:

Scan folders of JPEG/PNG images
Detect faces and index them
Browse by clicking on any face to see all images containing that person
See grouped “matching images” where all detected faces appear together

Under the hood it uses face_recognition, FAISS for vector indexing, and PyQt5 for the UI.

🎯 Why Try It?

Cross-Platform: Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux
Zero-setup: Download the ZIP, unzip, and run
Open-Source: Entire codebase is MIT-licensed—contributions welcome!
First Release: Looking for testers and early feedback

🙏 How You Can Help

Download & try the app on your platform
Open issues for bugs or feature requests: 👉 https://github.com/ASK-03/SnapSort/issues
Contribute code (fork, PR, review)
Share feedback here or on GitHub—what works, what doesn’t, missing features?
Spread the word: tweet, blog, or simply 🚀 react to this post

🛠️ Tech Stack

Language: Python 3.10
Face Detection: face_recognition (dlib)
Indexing: FAISS
GUI: PyQt5
Packaging: PyInstaller

Thank you for checking out SnapSort—can’t wait to hear your thoughts! 😊

DEV Community: Abhishek Singh Kushwaha

SnapSort v2.0 Is Here: Organize Your Photos by Faces — Offline, Private, and Smarter Than Ever

🚀 SnapSort v2.0 is Live — Now with Website & Human-in-the-Loop Face Merging!

💡 What’s New in v2.0?

🧠 Human Feedback Loop for Face Grouping

🎨 UI/UX Overhaul

🛠️ Under-the-Hood Upgrades

📦 Download SnapSort v2.0

🔍 Core Features (Still Awesome)

🙌 How You Can Help

🛠️ Tech Stack

Cross-Platform Image Viewer on Steroids: SnapSort v1.0.0

🚀 Announcing SnapSort v1.0!

🔍 What Is SnapSort?

🎯 Why Try It?

🙏 How You Can Help

🛠️ Tech Stack