rmlint VS dupeguru

See the comments on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38113396 for a list of alternatives. I used https://github.com/sahib/rmlint in the past and can't complain.

My preferred solution is rmlint [https://github.com/sahib/rmlint] mostly because it also looks at duplicate directories. It produces a bash script instead of deleting anything itself, so you can examine it before running the script it made.

After I removed duplicates (with help of https://github.com/sahib/rmlint ), I migrated my photos to an ordinary zpool instead.

For the technically savvy among you there is an excellent open source program called ‘rmlint’ (aka. Remove Lint). It is excellent at finding duplicates and saved me terabytes of space.

You don’t say if you are on Windows or Unix. I have used rmlint successfully in the past.

dupeguru or rmlint

rmlint, my friend, is the last tool you will ever need for this

Dupeguru

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This appears to be actual link:

https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/

I used to use DupeGuru which has some photo-specific dupe detection where you can fuzzy match image dupes based on content: https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/

But I switched over to czkawka, which has a better interface for comparing files, and seems to be a bit faster: https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka

Unfortunately, neither of these are integrated into Photoprism, so you still have to do some file management outside the database before importing.

I also haven't used Photoprism extensively yet (I think it's running on one of my boxes, but I haven't gotten around to setting it up), but I did find that it wasn't really built for file-based libraries. It's a little more heavyweight, but my research shows that Nextcloud Memories might be a better choice for me (it's not the first-party Nextcloud photos app, but another one put together by the community): https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/memories

If your photos are exact duplicates you can also use the freeware dupeGuru app.

If you want a some other GUI options, AllDup or DupeGuru might be of interest. AllDup has a rather weird interface, though, imo.

I used DupeGuru (https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/) in the past but I'm not sure it's the best solution for you. Try it, it's open-source.

dupeGuru