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Phase 6 release collateral: - README: Installation (unsigned-build/SmartScreen note, requirements, first-run downloads) and Privacy & local-first sections - CHANGELOG.md seeded with the 0.1.0 feature set - docs/release-notes-0.1.0.md draft for the GitHub Release body Also corrects the CLIP model download size from ~330 MB to ~580 MB (the actual model.safetensors is 577 MB) across the docs and the onboarding UI.
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# Phokus v0.1.0
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> Draft for the GitHub Release body. Paste into the release, fill in the
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> checksum, and trim as needed.
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**Phokus is a local-first desktop media library for Windows** — point it at
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your image and video folders and it builds a fast, searchable gallery with
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thumbnails, semantic search, visual discovery, AI tagging, and duplicate
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cleanup. Everything is processed on your machine; nothing is uploaded.
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This is the **first public release**. Expect rough edges, and please file
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issues.
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## Install
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1. Download `Phokus_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe` below.
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2. Run it. **Windows SmartScreen will warn** that the publisher is
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unrecognized — this build is **not code-signed** (cost; signing is on the
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roadmap). Click **More info → Run anyway** to proceed.
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3. Requires **Windows 10/11**. The installer fetches the WebView2 runtime
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automatically if needed.
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On first launch, Phokus runs a short guided tour and downloads FFmpeg in the
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background (one-time, ~tens of MB). AI tagging (~1.3 GB) is optional; the CLIP
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model for semantic search (~580 MB) downloads automatically the first time
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embeddings run. **All of this stays on your machine.**
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## Highlights
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- Virtualized gallery for very large libraries; favorites, ratings, filters, sorts
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- Filename, semantic (`/s`), and tag (`/t`) search
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- Similar-image search, Explore clusters + tag cloud, EXIF Timeline
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- Lightbox with zoom/pan and a custom video player
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- Optional on-device AI tagging (WD tagger)
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- Exact-duplicate finder with bulk delete
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- Built-in updater
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See the [changelog](https://github.com/JezzWTF/phokus/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
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for the full list.
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## Privacy
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Your media and all derived data (thumbnails, embeddings, tags, ratings) never
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leave your machine. No account, no telemetry, no cloud. The only network
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activity is the one-time tool/model downloads above and update checks against
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this Releases page.
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## Known limitations
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- **Unsigned installer** — SmartScreen warning as described above.
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- **Windows only** for now.
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- CPU/DirectML inference in the shipped build; very large libraries take time
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to embed on first index.
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## Verify your download (optional)
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```
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SHA-256 (Phokus_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe) = <fill in at publish time>
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```
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