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Glimpse

High-speed photo checker for photographers

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About

Glimpse is a fast, lightweight desktop application specialized for selecting stage and event photography. Designed to browse and select from thousands to tens of thousands of large images (NEF/ARW/CR2/JPEG) without stress.

Built with Tauri + Rust for low memory consumption and high performance. Whether you're culling a wedding shoot or organizing your photo library, Glimpse handles it with ease.

Core Features

  • Blazing fast browsing with thousands to tens of thousands of images
  • Multi-RAW support: Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Canon CR2/CR3, Fujifilm RAF, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, Pentax PEF, Adobe DNG
  • Keyboard-driven navigation and rejection labeling
  • Session persistence - safely pause and resume work anytime
  • Detail view and side-by-side comparison mode
  • Export selected files with copy or move options

Advanced Features

  • Multi-select with Ctrl/Cmd+Click and Shift+Click
  • Drag & drop folder loading
  • Adjustable thumbnail size and filtering (rejected / adopted)
  • EXIF data display and image rotation
  • Dark mode / Light mode toggle
  • Auto update notification via GitHub Releases
  • Bilingual help dialog (English / Japanese)
  • Storage management and performance settings

Keyboard Shortcuts

Arrow keys Navigate images
1 Toggle rejection
Enter / Space Detail view
C Comparison mode
Ctrl+O Open folder
Ctrl+E Export
? Help
Esc Exit view

System Requirements

macOS

macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later

Windows

Windows 10/11 64bit

Tech Stack

T

Tauri v2

Desktop framework

R

React 18

Frontend UI

Rs

Rust

Image processing

TS

TypeScript

Type safety

DB

SQLite

Data persistence