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Adds a "Search within image" button to the lightbox that lets the user draw a crop region on an image and find visually similar results using that crop's embedding. The crop is embedded in-memory without a temp file via a new embed_image_crop method on ClipImageEmbedder. Introduces a folder-scoped cosine search (search_image_ids_by_embedding_in_folder) to support the current-folder scope option, and wires up the new find_similar_by_region Tauri command end-to-end from Rust through to the Zustand store and Lightbox UI.
Phokus
Overview
Phokus is a Tauri desktop app for building a fast, local media library from folders on disk. It indexes images and videos, stores metadata in SQLite, and gives you a dense browsing workflow with filtering, favorites, ratings, and a lightbox preview.
The current app is optimized for:
- local folders instead of cloud import flows
- large visual libraries
- quick review and curation
- mixed image and video browsing
Current features
- Add and remove media folders
- Background indexing with progress updates
- Browse all media or filter by folder
- Search by filename
- Filter by images, videos, or favorites
- Sort by modified date, name, or file size
- Grid density controls
- Lightbox preview with keyboard navigation
- Favorite and star-rating metadata saved in SQLite
- Virtualized/local-first architecture built on Tauri + React
Supported formats
Images:
jpgjpegpnggifbmptifftifwebpavifheicheif
Videos:
mp4movm4vwebm
Stack
- Tauri 2
- React 19
- TypeScript
- Zustand
- Rust
- SQLite +
sqlite-vec - Vite
Project structure
src/: React UI, state, and componentssrc-tauri/src/commands.rs: Tauri command surfacesrc-tauri/src/db.rs: SQLite schema and queriessrc-tauri/src/indexer.rs: folder crawling and batch indexingsrc-tauri/src/vector.rs: vector table setup for future semantic workflows
Development
Prerequisites
- Node.js 20+
pnpm- Rust toolchain
- Tauri system prerequisites for Windows
Install
pnpm install
Run in development
pnpm tauri dev
Build
pnpm tauri build
How it works
- Add a folder from the sidebar or Library menu.
- The Rust indexer walks the directory recursively.
- Supported files are written into SQLite with metadata such as path, size, dimensions, media type, rating, and favorite state.
- Progress events stream back to the UI while the gallery updates incrementally.
- The gallery view loads media in pages and opens items in a lightbox for review.
Notes
- This is currently a local desktop library, not a sync product.
- Search is filename-based right now.
- The vector table and embedding fields exist, but semantic search is not wired into the UI yet.
- Some visible UI copy may still use the old working name until the frontend text is updated.
Positioning
The clearest product description today is:
A local-first desktop media library for browsing, filtering, and curating image and video folders.
That description is more accurate than "gallery" alone and gives you a better base for future branding, onboarding copy, and a landing page.