u/Hot-Butterscotch-396

I’m the developer of Lap, a local-first photo manager mainly aimed at family photo collections and photography enthusiasts.

Part of the idea came from wanting a modern alternative to apps like Picasa or Windows Photos — especially for people managing very large local libraries.

It’s designed to handle huge photo collections (100K+ images) while still keeping browsing and scrolling smooth.

Current features include:

• filesystem-based library management
• RAW photo support
• AI image search
• similar image search
• exact duplicate detection
• favorite/ratings/tags
• calendar/location/camera
• face recognition(beta now)
• split-view comparison
• library backup/restore

Lap is built with Tauri + Vue + Rust. It’s open source, local-first, and doesn’t require any cloud or self-hosted server setup.

Some Linux users have already tried it, but I’d love to collect more feedback from Linux Mint users specifically.

GitHub:
https://github.com/julyx10/lap

I’ve been building a local-first photo manager called Lap, mainly for people with huge local photo libraries(100k+) and who prefer a desktop-first workflow.

Recently, contributors in the community helped add:

• native Windows ARM64 support
• touchscreen support
• precision touchpad gestures

I don’t actually own a Surface device myself, so I’d really love feedback from people who use one daily. Especially curious about:

• ARM64 performance
• touch and gesture experience
• tablet-style workflows
• or anything that feels clunky or not quite native on Surface

The app is built with Tauri + Rust and is fully open source.

I shared it on r/Windows11 before and got a lot of useful feedback from Windows users — bug reports, UX suggestions, and performance issues.

Would love to hear what Surface users think.

GitHub: https://github.com/julyx10/lap