About Prowser

Prowser (Personal Image Browser) is a native, open source Swift image browser built for macOS on Apple silicon.

It reads directly from your existing folders — no import step — and gives you keyboard-driven navigation, powerful search, and practical organization tools in one app.

The app is under active development and should be considered beta software.

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Prowser-swift.dmg Native Swift build for Apple silicon.

Native Swift Prowser for macOS (Apple silicon).

Last updated 2026-11-15 14:18 — 4 hrs, 35 mins ago

File size 11 MB

MD5 4217a23a2c650163997cb84f1f715086

Installation

Open the DMG and drag swift-prowser to Applications.

Source code is included in the disk image.

Source code is included in the disk image. Project home: Prowser on GitHub.

Questions or bug reports: sillysotsoftware@yahoo.com.

Features (Partial List)

Browse existing folders — no import

Full keyboard control

Sort, filter, and multi-select actions

Drag and drop with optional date updates for organization when sorted by date

EXIF user comments

Open in external editors and Maps

Viewing history and favorites

Rename, move, copy, delete, resize, wallpaper, and more

Customizable light, dark, & user themes

Thumbnail locking (experimental)

Search for images by text, similarity and person(s)

Captions and prompts via LM Studio

Local AI generation and editing with robust job queue

AI source relationship map

Note: OptionalAI features need Hugging Face downloads (account may be required for FLUX menu-map-details). Requires Apple silicon with ≥16GB RAM. Optional captioning requires LM Studio.

Quick Look (Swift)

- About Prowser
- Preferences…⌘,
- Quit Prowser⌘Q
- Open File…⇧⌘O
- Open Directory…⌘O
- Refresh⌘R
- Move File to Trash⌘⌫
- View Copy of Trash…⇧⌘T
- Recent…
  - From your settings
- Favorites
  - From your settings
- Last Image⌘;
- Image HistoryF3
- Back⌘[
- Forward⌘]
- Reveal in Finder⇧⌘R
- Close Window⌘W
- Select All⌘A
- Copy Path⌘C
- Copy Image⌃C
- Copy User Comment
- Undo⌘Z
- Rename with Custom Prefix…⌘N
- Convert Image Format…⌘M
- Resize…⇧⌘Z
- Edit with {Editor of your choice}…⌘E
- Deselect All
- Enter Image ViewerF
- Hide / Show File TreeT
- Hide / Show Information SidebarI
- Hide / Show PreviewP
- Hide / Show ChatF9, ,
- Hide / Show Jobs PaneJ
- Hide / Show Organize SidebarO
- Hide / Show Status BarB
- Hide / Show List ViewF12
- Sort By
  - Date (Newest First)D
  - Date (Oldest First)⇧D
  - EXIF Date (Newest First)X
  - EXIF Date (Oldest First)⇧X
  - EXIF Year (Newest First)Y
  - EXIF Year (Oldest First)⇧Y
  - Name (A-Z)N
  - Name (Z-A)⇧N
  - Size (Largest First)Z
  - Size (Smallest First)⇧Z
  - Reverse Sort Order⌘T
  - Random Sort
  - Custom SortC
- Actual Size
- Cycle Thumbnail Overlay⌘I
- Theme
  - Light
  - Dark
  - User
  - Use System Setting
- Show in MacOS Space⌃⌘F
- Hide / Show Chrome., ⌃.
- Search for Similar Images…⌘K
- Search by Text…⌘F
- Search for Known Person…⌘P
- Search for Person in Current Image…⌃⌘P
- Identify Faces in Current Image…⇧⌘P
- Find Duplicate Image Files
  - Find in This Directory
  - Find in This and Subdirectories
- Find Similar Image Files
  - Find in This Directory
  - Find in This and Subdirectories
- Show Image in Directory⇧⌘H
- No Filter (*)
- Saved filter presets
- Edit…
- ——— User Defined Destinations ———
- Move to Destination 1⌘1
- … more destinations …
- Move to Destination 9⌘9
- ——— Dynamic Destination ———
- Move to Last Drop Location⌘0
- ——— Move Work Files ———
- Move Work Files…
- ——— Settings ———
- Edit Destinations…
- Create an image from text…
- Fast Open Image Generation⇧⌥/
- Edit this image with AI…
- Expand this image…
- Infill / paint this image…
- Cancel Generation
- Toggle Job Queue⌘J
- Manage models…
- Test LoRAs…
- Map LoRAs…
- Quick Mass Rename…⇧⌘M
- Backup Custom Sort
- Restore Custom Sort
- Lock Selected File⌘L
- Unlock Selected File⇧⌘L
- EXIF and Dates
  - Reset File Date to EXIF Timestamp…
  - Reset EXIF Timestamp to File Date…
  - Delete EXIF Date from File…
  - Edit EXIF User Comment…⇧⌘E
  - Delete User Comment from File…
- Show GPS Location on Map⌘G
- Slideshows
  - Multiple Images SlideshowS
  - Panning Slideshow⇧S
  - Floating Frames Slideshow⇧⌃S
- Wallpaper
  - Set Wallpaper (Last Used)⇧⌘W
  - Fit (Contain)
  - Fill (Cover)
  - Fit to Width
  - Fit to Height
- Create Screen Size Copy…
  - Create Screen Size Copy (Last Used)⇧⌘U
  - Fit (Contain)
  - Fill (Cover)
  - Fit to Width
  - Fit to Height
- Open Home Directory⌃H
- Favorite prompts…
- Prefix and Postfix text…
- Cache Subdirectories' Thumbnails⇧⌘C
- Cache Subdirectories' Faces⌘=
- Exclude Thumbs from View⌘X
- Debug
  - Random Images
  - View log⌃L
  - Show EXIF API Structure
  - Documentation screencaps
  - Print Cache Status
  - Reset window geometries…
  - Enable Compatible LoRAs
  - Toggle Debug Mode⇧⌘D
  - Toggle Number Overlay⇧⌘I
  - Remove Facial Rec Models
- Keyboard Shortcuts/
- Hidden Gems…
- Image Search (Native)…

Panes and status bar are all hideable and resizable.

Settings Available

Hover over the tabs on the left to see what is available in settings.