lensgrep is an open-source command-line tool that allows users to search for people across thousands of photos using local face recognition. It includes a built-in LoRA dataset builder and prioritizes privacy by running entirely on the user's device.
lensgrep sits in PulseGate's Other AI category. It focuses on finding and organizing people in large photo libraries privately and efficiently. lensgrep is an open-source project aimed at photographers. The project is open source (MIT). lensgrep is available on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Kris-O builds and maintains lensgrep, and the product first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 4 commits in the last 90 days. Across PulseGate's embedding index, lensgrep has few near neighbours, marking it as relatively distinct. Among its 5 catalogued features are photo search, face recognition, and loRA dataset builder.
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