Damselfly
Server-based photo management for large libraries
Damselfly is a server-based digital asset manager designed to index and search very large photo collections quickly. It targets photographers with huge archives. It is deployed via Docker.
Key features
- Fast search of large libraries
- Face and object recognition
- Keyword tagging and export
- Works with existing folders
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Handles huge archives
- Non-destructive indexing
- Good search
Trade-offs
- Niche tool
- Smaller community
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