Prism

How it works

Prism indexes your photo folder and lets you find any image — instantly, with words.

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Select the folder containing your processed photos. Prism builds a local index — your originals are never modified.

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CLIP-powered vision AI reads each image and generates searchable tags — no manual keywording required.

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"beach sunset", "portrait 85mm", "Tokyo night". Prism surfaces the exact shot you’re looking for in milliseconds.

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All inference happens locally on your machine. Your photos never leave your drive, and no account is required.

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Filter by camera, lens, aperture, GPS location, and date. Every technical detail is preserved and searchable.

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Handles tens of thousands of images without breaking a sweat. Optimized for CPU, Apple Silicon, and NVIDIA GPU.

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Prism Alpha 0.2.x

Requires macOS 15+ (Sequoia). Apple Silicon only.

If macOS shows a security warning, right-click the app and choose Open.

First launch downloads ~500MB recognition data. No photos or metadata leave your device.

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Important: macOS 15 & Gatekeeper

Prism is unsigned during alpha. macOS Sequoia will show a security warning. Follow these steps:

Extract Prism.app from the zip
Open Terminal (Cmd+Space, type "Terminal")
Run: xattr -cr ~/Downloads/Prism.app
Right-click Prism.app, choose Open
If still blocked: go to System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway

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Prism Alpha 0.2.x

Requires Windows 10/11 64-bit.

Windows Defender SmartScreen may show a warning. Click More info then Run anyway.

First launch downloads ~500MB recognition data. No photos or metadata leave your device.