FreeOpen source · Mac & Android · on-device

Thousands of photos.A few worth freezing.

FleetingGleam is a photo culling app for Mac and Android. It groups your bursts, picks the best frame in each, and shows you why. All on your own device, nothing uploaded.

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Every trip comes home as thousands.

0 frames from one weekend · sample

Grouped. Scored.

Bursts sit together; every scene is weighed its own way.

The one.

Subject sharpness92

Exposure84

Of the three worth keeping, this one is the sharpest.

Sample photos

Privacy

Nothing is uploaded.

Your photos stay on your own devices. Analysis, search and learning your taste all run on your Mac or phone. Models download once, only when needed.

No account, no uploads
Models on demand
Works offline after setup

What it does

Everything a cull needs.

Bursts, grouped for you.

Frames of one moment sit together and the best one is marked. Faces, orientation and time gap all count.

The FleetingGleam photo wall with an inspector showing the score of the selected photo

Scored by kind of scene.

Fourteen kinds of scene, each weighed differently. One standard is not laid over every photo.

Portrait
People
Landscape
Architecture
Food
Animal
Object
Document
Street
Night
Sport
Macro
Stage
Vehicle

Find by describing.

Type what you remember. English and Chinese both work, and photos are found by what is in them. Try it here.

sunrise over a sea of clouds

Zoom in, then decide.

Compare frames of one moment up close, and see where each score comes from.

The score of the selected photo, sample data

For working photographers

It fits the workflow you already have.

Shoot RAW + JPG, rate from the keyboard, and carry the result into Lightroom or Bridge. Nothing here is hidden from everyone else; it only shows up when a shoot needs it.

RAW + JPG as one
Same-name pairs count as one photo. The JPG is analysed, the RAW follows it: kept together, exported together, moved together.
Written back for Lightroom
Stars and colour labels go into the RAW's .xmp sidecar or the JPEG's own metadata. Pixels untouched, and the whole write can be undone.
Your own stars
Press 1 to 5 on any photo. Filter by stars, and they travel with the write-back ahead of the app's score.
Keys your way
P / R / X by default, Z / C / X for the left hand, or change any key. Press ? for the full list.
Big RAW, instant
The preview the camera wrote into the RAW opens at once; the real pixels are decoded only when you zoom in.
Progress in sight
The title counts what you have reviewed, a decision moves you to the next photo, and a filter shows what is left.

A score is a hint,not a verdict.

It can tell you which frame is technically stronger. A good photograph is sometimes imperfect, like a sleeping child with closed eyes, so the decision stays yours.