Cull thousands.
Keep the best.

The desktop photo manager for photographers who shoot fast and deliver faster.

Keyboard-driven culling, AI tagging, and social export for 10K-500K+ image libraries. Free for macOS & Windows.

Download free for macOS & Windows

Free to cull · No credit card · Works offline — your photos never leave your device.

Pick preview
Pick
Maybe preview
Maybe
Reject preview
Reject
Clear preview
Clear
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See it in action

Watch a thousand-frame shoot become a hundred keepers.

Keyboard-driven culling, scene grouping, and side-by-side compare — the same workflow photographers use to clear a wedding in well under an hour.

Selekt culling a shoot: keyboard-driven grid with pick, maybe, and reject flags
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Core features

Everything between your camera and your editor.

Import, cull, tag, and export thousands of images without slowing down. Built for photographers who need speed, not complexity.

Workflow

Fast import + culling

Drag a folder, see instant previews. Pick, maybe, or reject with 100% loupe zoom to check focus.

Workflow

Keyboard-first

P/M/X/U to rate, HJKL to navigate. Auto-advance after each decision so you never lift your hands.

AI

AI tagging + search

Auto-detect objects, scenes, and faces. Find any image by what's in it, not just its filename.

Organization

Shoots + scenes

Group images into shoots with sub-scenes, cover images, and one-click filtering.

Export

Social export presets

One-click crop presets for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube with AI-powered face-aware framing.

Export

Lightroom handoff

Send your selects to Lightroom with XMP sidecar files, star ratings, and color labels.

Performance

Handles 500K+ images

Virtualized grid, instant RAW previews, and parallel processing. No slowdown at scale.

Privacy

Your files stay yours

Local SQLite database, works fully offline. No cloud upload required.

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Workflow

Four keys.
Zero friction.

Rate every image without touching your mouse. Auto-advance moves you to the next shot the instant you decide.

  • HJKL and arrow keys to navigate. Vim-style speed for photographers.
  • AI tags surface your best shots. Find faces, scenes, and objects instantly.
  • Export picks straight to Lightroom with XMP ratings and metadata intact.
Cull session
Picked
Selekt workflow preview: Pick
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Technical

Built on real RAW power.

Native LibRaw decoding for 400+ cameras, true sensor data previews, and a local database that handles half a million images without breaking a sweat.

RAW decoding
LibRaw + dcraw
400+ camera models
Database
SQLite
Local, fast, reliable
Preview pipeline
Fast RAW
Instant loupe + grid
Privacy
Local-first
No cloud required
Supported RAW formats
CR2CR3NEFARWRAFORFRW2DNGPEFSRWERF3FR+388 more
Built for real shoots
400+
camera models supported
10K–500K+
images per library
100%
local — works offline
Free
to cull · no credit card
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Pricing

Free to cull, with AI built in.

Import, cull, organize, and export with zero limits — plus on-device AI scoring and grouping that runs locally and offline. Every free account also gets 25 cloud AI analyses a month; Pro removes the cap.

Free

Everything you need to cull, organize, and export — with AI built in

Free to use
  • Unlimited photo imports
  • Pick / maybe / reject workflow
  • Keyboard-first navigation
  • Fast RAW previews
  • On-device AI culling — scoring + burst/duplicate grouping
  • 25 cloud AI analyses/month (tagging, faces, smart crop)
  • XMP & ratings export
  • Social export presets

Pro

7-day trial

Unlimited cloud AI for everyday shooting

$8USD/month

$12 AUD/month

  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited cloud AI tagging*
  • AI scene detection
  • AI face recognition
  • AI-powered search
  • Smart crop suggestions
  • Priority support

* Pro cloud AI is unlimited for everyday shooting. A high monthly limit guards against abuse; if you ever reach it, just get in touch and we'll raise it.

Limited offer

Founding member pricing

Lock in 50% off Pro forever. Limited to the first 50 photographers.

$4USD/month

$6 AUD/month

Use code: SELEKT50S

Founding-member pricing — limited launch offer

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FAQ

Common questions

Everything photographers ask before switching their culling workflow. See all FAQs