- Smriti indexes photos in place on your drive without copying or moving originals.
- It offers on-device face recognition grouping, map plotting of geotagged photos, and unified search across people, places, dates, and albums.
- Smriti does not require an account, cloud subscription, or server; it operates with zero background processes when closed.
- Features include 'this day N years ago' memories, duplicate/near-duplicate detection, and optional local visual search.
- The assistant can search and draft albums using Smriti's own tools but does not modify or delete originals.
- Smriti stores its database on the same drive as photos, making it portable across devices.
- It respects privacy with no telemetry, analytics, or anonymous usage statistics; all processing stays on-device.
- Optional features like face recognition and offline geocoding can be declined without affecting core functionality.
- Smriti checks for updates only if opted in, with no photo data or metadata sent.
- Licensed under Apache-2.0, free forever, with no sign-up or telemetry.