Facet vs SuperPicky
Facet
ncoevoet.github.ioSuperPicky
superpicky.appSide by side
| Figure | Facet | SuperPicky |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · AI Photo Culling Software | 8.9 (#3) | 7.1 (#29) |
| Integrations | XMP sidecars connect Facet with Lightroom, darktable, digiKam, Capture One, and Immich workflows. | It supports a Lightroom Classic plugin and uses eBird data to filter out species unlikely at a photo’s GPS location. |
| License | Facet is distributed under the MIT license. | The homepage links to an AGPL-3.0 license. |
| Limits | Facet does not provide RAW editing or development, and its README says it has no mobile app or cloud backup. | The Lightroom plugin works with Lightroom Classic and is not available in Bridge or Photoshop. |
Plans
In their own words
Facet
Facet is a free, local tool for scoring, culling, organizing, and serving a web gallery for photo libraries. It runs on the user's machine without cloud services, accounts, or API keys. Its scoring evaluates nine dimensions, including aesthetic quality, composition, sharpness, color, exposure, face quality, subject saliency, and dynamic range. It detects bursts, similar photos, blinks, and duplicates, with a dry-run preview for automatic culling. The gallery includes natural-language semantic search, filters, timeline and map views, albums, and themed slideshows. Face tools group people and support searching, renaming, merging, and organizing clusters. XMP sidecars provide metadata interoperability with Lightroom, Capture One, digiKam, and darktable. Users can send photos to a WebDAV inbox, or share revocable album links that need no recipient login; proofing supports hearts and comments, with an optional PIN. Core functions work on CPU, while an NVIDIA GPU unlocks additional models and features. Facet can be installed with Docker or natively on Linux and macOS, requires Python, and does not provide RAW editing or development.
SuperPicky
SuperPicky has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.