Culvia vs FastRawViewer
Culvia
github.comFastRawViewer
fastrawviewer.comSide by side
| Figure | Culvia | FastRawViewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Photo Culling Software | 7.7 (#18) | 8.0 (#12) |
| Platforms | The v0.1.0 release lists desktop packages for Linux, Windows, and Apple Silicon macOS; the README also describes a local web app. | FastRawViewer 2.0 downloads are listed for 64-bit Windows 7–11 and macOS 10.13–26.x; the macOS build supports Intel and Apple Silicon. |
| Privacy | Local models, thumbnails, previews, SQLite data, uploads, and exports stay on the user's machine by default, and photos are sent to an external service only when the user explicitly enables OpenAI-compatible vision review. | The privacy policy says downloads require no personal information and the site collects the download IP address for statistical evaluation. |
| Purpose | Culvia is a local-first photo culling, scoring, review, and delivery workbench for photographers. | FastRawViewer is a desktop tool for quickly viewing, evaluating, culling, and preprocessing RAW images. |
Plans
In their own words
Culvia
Culvia is a local-first workbench for photographers to cull, score, review, and prepare photos for delivery. It can import folders or temporary uploads, scan subfolders, and deduplicate repeated paths. Local models score images for aesthetic and technical qualities and generate thumbnails for browsing. An optional OpenAI-compatible vision review can add image critique, subscores, retouching advice, and shooting advice. Photographers make the final selections by marking images as picks, holds, or rejects, with star ratings and color labels also available. Filters and sorting cover recommendations, technical quality, AI review, manual status, and other review dimensions. Culvia exports picked photos and CSV results for later editing and delivery; documented CSV fields map to Lightroom ratings, flags, and color labels, and to Capture One ratings and color tags. Photos and working data stay on the user's machine by default; images go to an external service only when vision review is enabled. The project is free and open source, with desktop packages for macOS, Windows, and Linux and a local web app. It is early-stage and does not replace a full RAW editor.
FastRawViewer
FastRawViewer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.