Picksy is a desktop application that helps you slim down your photo albums by grouping images into batches and letting you systematically select favorites. Non-selected images are moved to a "_delete" folder where you can delete permanently or archive.
If you are like me, when you take photos of things you take several all at once to try and get a good one. But over time, those extra photos sit in your camera roll taking up space and cluttering your gallery. When you go to show someone a photo from one of those batches, you just kinda guess from the thumbnail which is the "good one" or maybe flip through them. I always had this problem and never found the time to sit down and sort through them. Eventually I had over 100GB of photos in my Google Photos account. I was too afraid to delete the batches because ONE of them IS the best one, and I just didn't know which one it was yet. So I made this tool to help me systematically review batches of photos and select ones for deletion.
Picksy is FREE, it is Open Source, and it runs entirely locally on your computer (your photos stay private!). It is also Non-Destructive; Picksy doesn't delete anything, it simply moves your non-selected photos to a subfolder called "_delete" where you can make the final call on whether you want to archive them or delete them forever.
You can 'Save and Quit' and Picksy will keep a savestate file in your folder that handles which pictures have been reviewed and which have not. You can come back and finish reviewing photos at a later date. You can even keep adding photos and Picksy will know which ones have been kept previously to save you time!
- Photo Grouping: Groups images with filenames like
YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_XXX.jpg(e.g.,20250122_171223_003.jpg) taken within close proximity of each other. - Multiple Selection Modes:
- Tournament Mode: Compare two photos side-by-side and select favorites
- Thumbnail Mode: View all photos in a grid and select/deselect individually
- Video Mode: Review and manage video files
- Post-Selection Actions:
- View thumbnails of non-selected photos
- Move non-selected to a "_delete" folder or cancel to keep all photos
- Resume previous sessions with saved state
Compare two photos side-by-side and pick favorites.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← Left | Keep left photo, move right to delete |
| → Right | Keep right photo, move left to delete |
| ↑ Up | Keep both photos |
| ↓ Down | Move both photos to delete |
| Enter | Keep all remaining photos |
| Space | Move all remaining photos to delete |
| Z | Undo last action |
View photos in a grid and mark for delete individually.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Navigate between photos |
| Space / ↓ / ↑ | Mark current photo for delete (or restore if already marked) |
| Z | Undo last move to delete |
| Click | Select a thumbnail |
Review and manage video files. Videos marked "Keep" are skipped when reprocessing the folder. Videos marked "Delete" move to _delete; "Favorite" moves to _favorites.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Navigate between videos (or scrub when video player is focused) |
| ↑ Up | Keep (skip on reprocess) |
| ↓ Down | Move to _delete |
| Enter | Move to _favorites |
| Space | Play/pause (when video player focused) |
| Z | Undo last delete or favorite |
- Node.js (v18 or later recommended)
- npm (comes with Node.js)
- Windows, macOS, or Linux operating system
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/Picksy.git cd Picksy
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Install dependencies:
npm install
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Run in development mode:
npm run dev
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Build for production:
npm run build
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Create distributable packages:
# Windows npm run dist:win # macOS npm run dist:mac # Linux npm run dist:linux # All platforms npm run dist:all
npm test- Electron: Desktop application framework
- React: UI library
- TypeScript: Type-safe JavaScript
- Webpack: Module bundler
- Jest: Testing framework
Picksy is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 for open source use, ensuring that any derivative works, including SaaS applications, remain open source.
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