About Prowser

Prowser (Personal Image Browser) is a native, open source image browser built specifically for macOS and 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.

There are two versions of Prowser:

  1. The Swift version (recommended for most users) is native, fast, and small.
  2. The Python version is the reference version from which the Swift version is derived.

Both versions are under development, but the Python version is more mature. Both versions should be considered beta software.

Download

Prowser-swift.dmg Native Swift build — fast and small.

Native Swift build. Fast and small.

Last updated 2026-11-05 21:43 — 13 hrs, 5 mins ago
File size 11 MB
MD5 4673e90c5bec0426c0d705c54ec34c6e
Installation

Open the DMG and drag swift-prowser to Applications.

To run from source instead, save the included source folder and run
./setup.sh # First time only
./run.sh

Source code is included in the disk image.

Prowser-0.9.4.dmg Python-based build — larger download. More robust, slower.

Python-based build, larger but maybe more cohesive.

Last updated 2026-11-05 13:22 — 21 hrs, 26 mins ago
File size 602 MB
MD5 303c354e06acf226940daeb91e5e06f6
Installation

Open the DMG and drag Prowser to Applications.

To run from source instead, save the included source folder and run
./setup.sh # First time only
./run.sh

Source code is included in the disk image.

Source code for the Python version is also available on GitHub: Prowser on GitHub.
Source code for the Swift version is in the installation dmg file.

Questions or bug reports: sillysotsoftware@yahoo.com.

Settings Available

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

Prowser preferences — General settings General Favorites Directories File Types Destinations Excludes Theme Maps and Editor Slideshow Models for Search Face Recognition Captioning LoRA Caches