Pictopy

[hollow quiver]

thank you very much @wet lion and @north lion, it's working fine now

[wet lion]

wlc

[main jay]

i added a simple ui fix on github do i need to tag soemone to review my request?

@marsh idol can you review this proposed change https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1042

[north lion]

yeah tbh i just did it for my local system, since the tauri sidecar feature was under development

[distant thorn]

got it

[livid shuttle]

Since there is currently no active review, no issue assignment, and no scheduled meeting, would it be appropriate for me to open a PR independently?

[wet lion]

No, you should wait for Rahul sir to be available so he can assign it to you. He is currently busy, but he will be free soon.

[livid shuttle]

Okay I will wait a few days more

[limber tulip]

Hello maintainers and contributors! 👋

I've recently cloned and set up PictoPy on my local machine (Windows) and have been exploring the codebase. I'm really interested in contributing to this project.

My question: Will PictoPy be participating in Google Summer of Code 2026? I understand the project was part of GSoC 2025, but I wanted to confirm if it will be available for 2026 applications.

I'm eager to start contributing and would appreciate any guidance on how to proceed, especially if the project will be in GSoC 2026.

[wet lion]

you can check out this for gsoc 2026 list:-
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Info/tree/main/GSoC-Ideas/2026

[limber tulip]

Hi
Can we work on any issue or first we have to assign issue to us before working on it?
Anyone guide please, what is the rule of this project about issue woking

[wet lion]

you should first ask to mentor before working on the issue and wait for assign it to you

[limber tulip]

Thanks Rahul 😊

[wet lion]

wlc

[sly stirrup]

Hi, I’m Prathamesh Rajput, a 3rd-year CSE student. I'm new here.I’ve set up the code locally and am looking forward to contribute

[wet lion]

run the project locally and if you find any bug or issue then let us know

[marble hamlet]

hello @marsh idol sir please review it , i have worked on your assigned issue .

[young torrent]

Hey @marsh idol, earlier I raised PR #792 regarding the recursive logging error.
After syncing my local code today, the same issue occurred again.
Kindly review and merge the PR to resolve this problem, If you face any issue, let me know, I will resolve it.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/792

[minor valve]

I’ve started contributing to PictoPy and really enjoy the codebase.
Just wanted to ask — is there any chance PictoPy might be proposed for GSoC 2026 later on?

[lilac badger]

is it not proposed

???

?

[main jay]

Is pictopy still active?

[wet lion]

yeah

[main jay]

I want to contribute but there has been no repl from the mentor and no commit since lasts to week?

so i thought this might be abandoned

[wet lion]

not like this, atm all the mentors are busy with some work, but they will actively reply soon

[main jay]

ohh

[main jay]

and one thing i wanted to ask. like i want to particiapte in Gsoc 2026. what should be the ideal thing i must be doing?

[crude prism]

@main jay You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[wet lion]

contribute and stay helpful to other!

[main jay]

makes sense

thanks though

like, it migjht sound naive but, if i dont have a lot of meaningfull contributions before the coding period starts, will it make a lot of difference?

[wet lion]

no worries, even if you start late you only need to stay consistent and focus on your quality and activity with interested project

[winter marsh]

I have created an issue but according to the guidelines of PictoPy the mentor has to assign before PR but I can work on that right or else I have to wait.

[main jay]

Yes currently mentors are busy when the will be free they will assign you the issue and then you can put a pull request. Till then wait. In the meantime you can get the code ready locally

Or also can push in your fork

[winter marsh]

Thanks for the reply!!!

[manic widget]

is the coderabbit review automated? cuz i saw the PR's having coderabbit comments, also what are the common rasons for PRs getting rejected, If I may ask please

[limber tulip]

Yes codrabbit is automated

[narrow tendon]

try to implement the things suggested by coderabbit , most of the time it makes maintainer easy to review your work

[main jay]

Auto reviews are pretty helpful though

[crude prism]

@main jay You are now level 4! :confetti_ball:

[winter marsh]

In my opinion Mostly PR's used to get reject while solving issue if we break other part of the code causing another issue . Or the issue is not completely solved.

[main jay]

i think so it is for ci tsests

[zenith violet]

is there a meeting today?

[crude prism]

@zenith violet You are now level 2! :confetti_ball:

[main jay]

i dont think so because there havent been any updates

[fiery knoll]

@marsh idol https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1066 Please review this issue.

[limber tulip]

@marsh idol please review this issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1065

[young torrent]

Rahul sir is busy, you should wait for sometime for your issue to get reviewed.

[tall bone]

@marsh idol I had done full debugging of pictopy, i have created a lot of issues from issue 1013 to 1028. I have added appropriate screenshots and videos. Please assign me those issues so that i could submit PRs which i have already prepared

It has been two weeks now, please assign me those issues

[marsh idol]

Hi everyone

Today I am working on a document which will have the tasks which are to be done under GSoC 2026. Tomorrow, I will review some PRs.

[marsh idol]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVSgu-IWI-auXM3SuSrDU-JqTNFGsBUvGCaEOYTlNQcgyqKw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Hi everyone. Please fill out this form which asks for links to all your PRs and issues. It will make it easier for me to manage the open issues and PRs.

I will review issues and PRs from this form responses only.

Just insert links separated by a new line in the PRs and Issues field, no other text please

[unreal quartz]

oki got i t

[unreal quartz]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1070

This repository currently does not include a license file. I searched for common license files such as LICENSE, LICENSE.md, and COPYING, reviewed the README.md, and checked configuration files (Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml), but found no license information.

My idea is to add the Proper lisence file instead of the default copyright law.

[distant thorn]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1009
i rebased my all 38 commits with origin branch
such a tedious work

[marsh idol]

Hi guys

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Info/blob/main/GSoC-Ideas/2026/PictoPy.md

This is the idea for GSoC 2026

It may be updated in future.

Do not be in a hurry to discuss about this ideas, we still have a lot of time 😄

Let us focus on the existing PRs and issues first.

[bold estuary]

Hi @marsh idol will there be any meet in upcoming weeks?

[marsh idol]

Probably tomorrow.

[marsh idol]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/706#issuecomment-3651850756

can anybody confirm whether this bug is reproducible on windows and linux?

on mac it doesn't seem to exist.

[tall bone]

@marsh idol This guy has done PRs to issues created by me which were not assigned to him. I hope you will make a fair decision for these conflicts of interests

[marsh idol]

send me the PR links. I will close all such PRs.

[tall bone]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1037
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1039

[distant thorn]

@marsh idol
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1009
my pr is ready

i have added some build flags in workflow also

[marsh idol]

Currently reviewing Memories page PRs

after that, coming to that PR.

[distant thorn]

yea take your time

[marsh idol]

Closed.

[distant thorn]

if you have some questions, you can ask here also regarding pr

[marsh idol]

sure.

[distant thorn]

Running lint-staged for React...
→ lint-staged could not find any staged files.
Running Python linters...
ruff.....................................................................Passed
black....................................................................Failed
- hook id: black
- exit code: 1

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/bin/black", line 7, in <module>
    sys.exit(patched_main())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/black/__init__.py", line 1455, in patched_main
    main()
    ~~~~^^
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1485, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1406, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1269, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 824, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 34, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/black/__init__.py", line 570, in main
    reformat_many(
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        sources=sources,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<4 lines>...
        workers=workers,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/home/tushar/.cache/pre-commit/repovub909f9/py_env-python3/lib/python3.14/site-packages/black/__init__.py", line 767, in reformat_many
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/asyncio/events.py", line 715, in get_event_loop
    raise RuntimeError('There is no current event loop in thread %r.'
                       % threading.current_thread().name)
RuntimeError: There is no current event loop in thread 'MainThread'.

husky - pre-commit script failed (code 1)

anybody is facing this issue?

ig we need to update the black version from 22.3.0 to 25.12.0

black v22.3.0 was released in 2022

@marsh idol so its best to update black to latest version we just need to update in .pre-commit-config

[marsh idol]

If it is fixing the issue, then please go ahead

[wet lion]

hello, @marsh idol could you please look at this https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1072

[distant thorn]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1073

done

[marsh idol]

Nice catch

assigned.

Was planning to work on this, but you already opened an issue 😄

[wet lion]

thanks

[marsh idol]

Merged.

[bold estuary]

Hi @marsh idol my pr’s are pending for review one of them is a 4 line change of code https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/976
could you look into it and merge it.

[marsh idol]

The open folder button should work. Can you work on fixing it?

We can't hide it.

[bold estuary]

@marsh idol yeah i discussed about it in meet back then this was approved. So yes i can edit the issue and fix it and commit new changes and make it work.

[marsh idol]

Yes

[crude prism]

@marsh idol You are now level 34! :confetti_ball:

[marsh idol]

Damn

I should touch some grass ig. 🥱

[kindred bear]

classic cse joke

[crude prism]

@kindred bear You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[kindred bear]

Tiny doc enhancement i propose:
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1075
two links in doc weren't working so two docs were added to fill up gallery-view.md and ui-components.md

[wet lion]

@marsh idol
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1076

[bold estuary]

I did the changes you can review it now
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/976

[wet lion]

hey @marsh idol should i create a seperate issue for setup.sh (for conda ) or ??

[north lion]

.

[limber tulip]

Hi @marsh idol, can you review this PR https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1067

[north lion]

@marsh idol
Here are the PRs yet to be reviewed in PictoPy:

• #996 — Enable WebP image support in backend validation (backend, enhancement)
• #986 — Fix navigation for Overview, Setup, and Frontend (docs)
• #978 — Smooth exit animation for image details panel (UI, animation)
• #964 — Make Settings link clickable in empty gallery (UI, empty state)
• #941 — Prevent duplicate scrollbars on Windows/Tauri (UI, bug)

[crude prism]

@north lion You are now level 10! :confetti_ball:

[wet lion]

@marsh idol
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1077

[tall bone]

@marsh idol I have already created an issue for this and will do a PR once assigned, this PR is duplicating that issue

[bold estuary]

Why would you do that if i was already assigned first doesn’t make any sense.

[tall bone]

which issue are you talking about ??

[bold estuary]

The one i raised pr for

959

[crude prism]

@bold estuary You are now level 4! :confetti_ball:

[tall bone]

ok my bad, sorry my issue is similar but it also includes opne file button
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1017

[crude prism]

@tall bone You are now level 13! :confetti_ball:

[bold estuary]

Yeah yours is duplicate also i have discussed abt it and raised a pr implementing the functionality

[tall bone]

The open orginal file as well?

[bold estuary]

Also you have multiple duplicate issues i suggest you to once cross check all the previous issues of others as well

[bold estuary]

Yeah as discussed with mentor i implemented the opn folder button which opens original file

[tall bone]

no no the open original file button, it appears when you hit the info button

[bold estuary]

The info button is supposed to show the details na ?

Maybe we’re confusing 2-3 things here

[tall bone]

See the video i have attached to my issue, you will know which button i am talking about

[bold estuary]

Issue no.

[tall bone]

1017

[tall bone]

When i was debugging and creating issues i made sure they are not duplicate, my issues either are totally unqiue or contain something missed in earlier issues like you covered the open folder button but not the open original file button

[bold estuary]

Ohh ok ok so for now i only implemented the open folder button functionality whose purpose is same to open the original file so yeah

[bold estuary]

Ok

[tall bone]

Yupp! nice to meet you friend most people don't accept things

Actually i am a little stressed as i have put so much efforts in debugging that someone could just snatch one or two bugs i found

[bold estuary]

Nice to meet you too buddy

[bold estuary]

Yeah i understand

Mine too 3-4 issues got closed as duplicated so i can understand

[dapper atlas]

Heyy..!!
I also would like to take on the tasks... Can I start with the existing PRs??

[crude prism]

@dapper atlas You are now level 2! :confetti_ball:

[wet lion]

find issues by running the project locally and then create an issue or ask mentor to assign it to you before working on that issue

[distant thorn]

touching night grass

[wet lion]

Really??💀

[zenith violet]

hey @marsh idol I’ve opened an issue proposing content-hash based duplicate image detection (to avoid re-processing the same image copied/renamed in multiple folders). Would love to get feedback on whether this approach fits PictoPy’s direction. If yes, I can start working on it. https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1069 and also the performance issue where /toggle-favourite loads the entire images table (#977) https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/977

[zealous owl]

@marsh idol will we have a meeting today if yes at what time would it be.

[crude prism]

@zealous owl You are now level 2! :confetti_ball:

[marsh idol]

10PM

[frank quest]

Hey everyone
I am working currently on the build for AUR package for arch linux
I was looking for ways to bundle both the services ( backend and micro service) and I found this side car approach of tauri
With this basically we create a binary of the backend and microservice and then bundle it as resources in tauri conf , these can be run as it is when running the app

what are your views on this approach

[marsh idol]

Closed/Merged 20+ PRs yesterday and the number is still not going down 🙁

[marsh idol]

@distant thorn

[wet lion]

unassigned issues

[marsh idol]

I will not assign new issues until I merge a good number of PRs.

[wet lion]

high priority first

[real gale]

Yes Akshaj, the issue #870 was tackled with the use of tauri’s sidecar plugin only, in PR #1009

[distant thorn]

I am working currently on the build for AUR package for arch linux
I was looking for ways to bundle both the services ( backend and micro service) and I found this side car approach of tauri

Have you seen these examples https://v2.tauri.app/distribute/aur/#examples ?. You can use the same exact approach from our workflow in this while building the AUR package

With this basically we create a binary of the backend and microservice and then bundle it as resources in tauri conf , these can be run as it is when running the app

In the meet , we discussed this thing also before my tauri sidecar proposal. It has a problem, we need some files from the backend and microservices folders like the face model (along with few other files which i cant remember). So either you find all the depenedent files , change its location to a common folder (see plateformdirs python repo and database location implementation from my pr #1009) and then you can create the executables.
Or we can continue with our current approach to bundle both folders and then include in installers.

[distant thorn]

woof

[frank quest]

check dm

[wet lion]

hey @distant thorn your PR 1009 does not create RPM package??

[distant thorn]

nope, my pr dont create any other release

just the deb exe packages

i am working on appimage release as well

[wet lion]

can i take this

if you don't mind

[distant thorn]

sure you can create RPM packages

good for fedora users

[wet lion]

can i contribution to your existing PR

[distant thorn]

for rpm, you need to add that in tauri.conf.json

[wet lion]

yeah

[distant thorn]

you can fork from upstream branch only
my pr just changes in main.rs file not in that config file

[wet lion]

tauri build in support RPM packages

[wet lion]

oo

but see

link?

[distant thorn]

which link you want

[wet lion]

your PR

[distant thorn]

.?

[wet lion]

ok

my bad

[distant thorn]

😁

[crude prism]

@distant thorn You are now level 21! :confetti_ball:

[wet lion]

I’ve left some comments on your PR.

can you check that out

[distant thorn]

let me check

[wet lion]

as i found them by running locally

[distant thorn]

can you tell here

i cant find that comment

[wet lion]

yeah

1 2

[distant thorn]

which file?

[wet lion]

frontend/src-tauri/src/main.rs
and
backend/app/routes/shutdown.py

[distant thorn]

the shutdown.py file was created by @real gale you can ask him
and what about in main.rs

[wet lion]

in that main.rs file we are storing the PID before and after running the app if backend crashes then it skips to run backend/sync bcz the old PID is used. Bcz after crash OS will assign a new PID but we are using old one so this can be a bug

@real gale could you please look into this

[wet lion]

..

[distant thorn]

let me check

[wet lion]

@real gale why not this?

[real gale]

Hi
What about the shutdown file?

[wet lion]

i have left a code that you can review

the os._exit(0) isn't forceful shutdowns?

[real gale]

I cannot see the review, the link also isn't working

[wet lion]

ok

[wet lion]

sorry ||pending||

[night musk]

hello @everyone
i have a little problem when i fork and clone the PictoPy repo
there is scripts/setup.ps1 which is not come in my local as well as my forked repo
any one has facing the same problem or it's only my system's internall problem ?

[wet lion]

where are you checking this .ps1 file

[night musk]

scripts/setup.ps1

[wet lion]

send your git cmd

[limber tulip]

@marsh idol please review my this issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1081
I have ready PR, just waiting for your assigning and permission to create push PR.

[tall bone]

Hey @marsh idol Can you please share the meeting agenda doc

[zenith violet]

Meet link will be shared here right?

[marsh idol]

Sorry guys, meet will be held tomorrow.

[wet lion]

no prblm and thanks too

bcz i had some work today😁

[zenith violet]

If possible, please keep it at 11 PM or later, as I get home late from the office

[marble hamlet]

@marsh idol sir please review this pr https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/916#pullrequestreview-3625050009

[kindred bear]

after 4pm would be good please.

@marsh idol can you review this pr kind sir, https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1084

tbh enjoying open source

[narrow tendon]

One general message, don't ping too much to anyone, it makes things frustrating

like every message most time ping rahul

[livid shuttle]

@marsh idol I previously submitted work for issues #969 and #992, but the PRs haven't been merged yet.

issue#969 (I've implemented the collapsible Folder Management section in the Settings page) as shown in the video
issue#992( I've implemented the feature to Display the total number of Photos in the Gallery and Settings page) as shown in the screenshot

@marsh idol please check this also

[crude prism]

@livid shuttle You are now level 4! :confetti_ball:

[main jay]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1042#issue-3816282575
hi @marsh idol can you assigned me this issue so that I can put a pull request

[main jay]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1086
this is my pr for the same

[main jay]

@marsh idol The application currently runs two separate Python processes: backend (FastAPI + ML) and sync-microservice (File Watcher). What i suggest is that we merge the sync-microservice functionality into the main backend application. this will redeuce the number of python runtimes and will same RAM. i guess this is a good optimisation we should try
i have raised an issue for the same

[crude prism]

@main jay You are now level 5! :confetti_ball:

[main jay]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1089#issue-3859718975

[young torrent]

Hey Rahul, today's meet time??

[marsh idol]

10

https://discord.gg/smPde9cs?event=1465715077637476537

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yK9agOY1BAX0MRzvJNLapJ8AWZsGRfht7xyUFpD1DSw/edit?tab=t.oy22tgb2c0cm

Every attendee must fill this doc.

[marsh idol]

Does anybody have a discord bot or any website in mind which can record and summarize discord meetings?

[wet lion]

i remember Memolin

[night musk]

There is https://www.notesbot.io/?utm_source=chatgpt.com also

[wet lion]

LLM (ChatGPT) 🫡

[night musk]

Yep, LLM powered 😄

[marsh idol]

lol

you asked chatgpt to suggest bots 😂

[night musk]

nope , i said it's GPT integrated meeting bot which i suggested

[crude prism]

@night musk You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[wet lion]

you are a developer buddy

[marsh idol]

no problem bro

utm_source=chatgpt.com is added when chatgpt finds some links

[wet lion]

you are a developer buddy

[marsh idol]

nvm, please try to find some other sites

[wet lion]

i saw that a YT was using this but i don't remember their name.

[marsh idol]

Join the meet everyone.

[north lion]

hey @marsh idol , i cant join today's meeting as I'm travelling, would it be fine if I discuss my pending pr's and new issues in later meets

• #996 — Enable WebP image support in backend validation (backend, enhancement)
• #986 — Fix navigation for Overview, Setup, and Frontend (docs)
• #978 — Smooth exit animation for image details panel (UI, animation)
• #964 — Make Settings link clickable in empty gallery (UI, empty state)
• #941 — Prevent duplicate scrollbars on Windows/Tauri (UI, bug)

(pasted this from my above message, won't be there in meet to discuss)

[bold estuary]

@marsh idol the pr related to open folder button implementation has passed all the checks and is ready to merge.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/976

[tall bone]

why does fastapi run sync code in a threadpool and not block the event loop?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79382645/fastapi-why-does-synchronous-code-do-not-block-the-event-loop

issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1033

Actually i am currently learning this in my semester (CPU scheduling) thats why I was able to identify this

[distant thorn]

@marsh idol

1. using sqlite as vector db - https://turso.tech/blog/using-sqlite-as-your-llm-vector-database
2. wrapper on sqlite vector (sqlite-vec) with some demo - https://medium.com/@stephenc211/how-sqlite-vec-works-for-storing-and-querying-vector-embeddings-165adeeeceea
3. nodejs demo - https://dev.to/sfundomhlungu/how-to-build-a-vector-database-with-sqlite-in-nodejs-1epd

[zealous meteor]

Subject: Interested in contributing to Pictopy

Hi @penguinzz ,

My name is Shiv Gupta, and I’m a Software Engineering student with experience in Python , SQL, GoLang. I’ve been following Pictopy am very impressed with how it handles

I would love to start contributing to the project. I’ve already looked through the repository and the documentation, but I wanted to ask:

Are there any specific "good first issues" or high-priority tasks you recommend for new contributors?

Is there a preferred communication channel Discord, Slack, or GitHub Discussions where I should stay updated on the roadmap?

You can find some of my previous work and projects on my GitHub: github.com/shivgupta272007-dotcom.

Looking forward to hearing from you and helping out!

Best regards,

Shiv Gupta

[kindred bear]

My goal by today meet is to understand the team workflow, people approaches to problems and their innovative solutions. I got great insights and will share my ideas in this group. Also if anyone wants to collaborate for work, I am happy to get involved.

[main jay]

@marsh idol

[main jay]

This

[rough iris]

@marsh idol , can you assign this issue to me so that i can raise pr https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/979#issue-3786296691

[balmy venture]

Hey @radiant mauve @marsh idol i have raised 3 PRs, pls review them: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1096 https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1097 https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1101

[unreal quartz]

Add MIT license by Nakshatra480 · Pull Request #1097 · AOSSIE-Org...

As already explained by Rahul sir that We are having a GNU-GPL licence.
so this pr can be closed

[marsh idol]

Closed all the PRs for the issues which were not assigned 🙂 . Also I closed those issues. If anyone are looking for a reason for this, you should have read the comment by github actions bot under your issue.

[bold estuary]

Hello @marsh idol if possible can you look into this pr and review other pending prs #1098 , #1100 & #958 they’re hanging for quite a while.
Thank you for your time.

[normal breach]

Hello @marsh idol sir , can you assign this issue to me so that i can raise pr https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1112

[wild rampart]

Hi @marsh idol Please check this CI/CD feature, it requires a single .yml file

I think this is quite important to flag duplicate issues to avoid repo spamming , What's your view on this Please feel free to assign

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1110

[distant thorn]

woof so many closed pr

[karmic pebble]

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm moksha-hub and I just joined the Discord. I want to apologize for not following the proper contribution process I submitted a PR before introducing myself here and requesting issue assignment.

I've worked on two related performance/code quality issues and would like to discuss them:

Issue #1108 - Expensive and Repeated Metadata Parsing
Link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1108

Problem: The ⁨image_util_parse_metadata⁩ import was placed inside for loops in backend/app/database/images.py, which is bad practice even though Python caches imports.

Fix: Moved the import to global scope at the top of the file.

PR: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1114

Issue #1109 - Inefficient Way of Getting Images
Link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1109

Problem: db_get_all_images() fetches multiple rows per image (due to JOINs) and iterates in Python to group tags, which is slow for 100k+ images.

Fix:

• Used SQL ⁨GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT m.name, '\x1f')⁩ to aggregate tags at database level
• Returns one row per image instead of multiple
• Added proper NULL handling for folder_id
• Added sorted() for deterministic tag ordering

PR: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1115

Current Status

Both PRs are ready and address CodeRabbit's review comments
I understand these may not be merged due to process reasons

Request

Going forward, I will properly discuss issues here before working on them. Could I please get feedback on:

1. Are these issues available for me to work on?
2. If the current PRs look good, can they be considered for merge?

Thank you for your understanding! I'm excited to contribute to PictoPy.

@wild rampart I will be not repeating this again and from now on i will make sure to discuss and approve before any Pr. Please go through my current state of Prs. Thank you

[wild rampart]

Join weekly meeting to discuss your PRs and issues there

[plush whale]

next meet timing

[karmic pebble]

How to join the meet can i have guidance on it.

[wild rampart]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yK9agOY1BAX0MRzvJNLapJ8AWZsGRfht7xyUFpD1DSw/edit?tab=t.oy22tgb2c0cm

Every attendee must fill this doc.

[crude prism]

@wild rampart You are now level 6! :confetti_ball:

[wild rampart]

Wait you will get notified in this group whenever a meeting is to be scheduled

[limber tulip]

@marsh idol can we create our those issue again that was closed because of not planned PR attached with them ?

can I create those same issue again and when you will assign me then i will work on them ?

[frank quest]

Before creating an issue , I think a better alternative can be to first discuss it in this server , if he feels genuine then he can give the permit for the issue

[young torrent]

Akshaj is right, if Rahul has closed the issue and if it's genuine you should first discuss here rather raising issue and increasing volume

[marsh idol]

No.

[tall bone]

@real silo I have done the requested changes of moving celebrity-related files to a new folder. Please review it

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/990

[tall bone]

@marsh idol Regarding this issue, you had asked me to show the proof that removing async will improve performance.

Issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1033

Here is the proof

This is with async (red = failures, purple = response time, blue = no. of users)

This is without async

You can clearly see the number of failures on the/health endpoint dropping to zero, and an improved response time

If you are satisfied with this, please assign me this issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1033

[limber tulip]

So what will be approach or strategy to create issue
should i ask discuss here before creating them ?

[tall bone]

You can create non-duplicate new issues, but should avoid re-creating closed issues

You create unique issue -> On day of metting update that in meeting doc -> discuss in meeting and get assigned -> do PR -> get PR reviewed

[limber tulip]

but that issue was very good and real issues just they had been closed due to not planned PR attached with them

[tall bone]

Oo so someone else attached some unplanned PR to it? or you did that PR?

[limber tulip]

I raised the PR, actually @marsh idol sir was busy i think, i also mentioned him on github to assign that issue but i think he was busy and then i raised the PR against those issues

The issues was also created by me

[tall bone]

then i don't think you should re-create those issues

[limber tulip]

but now sir @marsh idol closed the PR and also closed those issues,
i just want to request sir @marsh idol to allow me to create those issues again and then assign me and after assigned i will start working on them

[tall bone]

Ok propose them in next meet and you may get to create those

[unborn grove]

@marsh idol @real gale
Hello everybody
Problem Statement:

While exploring the app, I noticed that there isn’t a dedicated profile page right now
the profile action takes you directly to settings page, and

I am also unable to change my avatar or have a pfp instead of my avatar.

Proposed Solution

I think adding a profile page with basic information - like avatar update, could improve the experience of the user.

Before creating an issue for this, i just wanted to have your point of view on this. Like :

is it useful to work on,
or is there already a plan for future?

**Plz let me know. **I will be happy to create somthing like this in order to make a better user experience.

[narrow tendon]

what is the need for that ???

Also, Google Photo does not have a profile page

[real gale]

Hi Taki, your observation is very correct and it's good that you thought about this addition. But if I recall correctly there’s already an open issue and a PR related to this feature, check issue #566 and feel free to share your ideas to the linked PR :)

[winter marsh]

Can I know When the next meeting is going to happen??

[wild rampart]

Tag or ask @marsh idol

[plain bear]

Hi everyone, I’m Jitendra , a Python + AI developer exploring PictoPy for GSoC 2026. I’ve read the PictoPy idea doc + contributing guide and I’m setting up the project locally. Could you please suggest a beginner-friendly issue that is reviewed/labeled and good for a first PR?

[unborn grove]

@narrow tendon My thought is more for a user-experience perspective.
Instead of doing everything from the settings , we can use more simplistic approach for better UI/UX.

and,
about Google Photos - it also contains a option to change profile and also gives the option to change account and account pfp.
Also on google photos when you click on profile ,it dosen't directs you to settings.

[unborn grove]

Thank you for the information @real gale i will check issue #566.

[unborn grove]

@plain bear you can search - good first issue in Labels
on github and you can start your journey from there.

[plain bear]

Hi maintainers, I ran backend tests on Windows 11 (100 passed) but got an ONNX Runtime warning about “Unsupported Windows version (11)”.
Can I open a small docs PR to clarify this warning is harmless when tests pass?

[plain bear]

Hi maintainers,
I ran frontend tests successfully (all passing) but noticed a common Jest warning about async handles not closing.
Can I open a small docs PR clarifying that this warning is harmless when tests pass?

[plush whale]

during setting up is python 3.10 mandatory for env

plz tell me

[unborn grove]

not really

[plain bear]

Hi everyone 👋, I’m facing an issue while running PictoPy locally on Windows. Sharing what I’ve done so far and the problem I’m stuck with:

✅ What I’ve done so far:

OS: Windows 11

Node, npm, Python, Rust installed

Project cloned successfully

npm install completed in frontend

Python venv created and activated in backend

✅ Backend status:

Backend runs fine with:

uvicorn main:app --reload --host 127.0.0.1 --port 52123

These URLs work correctly in browser:

http://127.0.0.1:52123/docs ✅

http://127.0.0.1:52123/health ✅

⚠️ Frontend / Tauri issue:

When I run:

npm run tauri dev

Vite starts successfully on:

http://localhost:1420

Tauri window opens but shows:
“Waiting for servers to start”

After a few seconds, it shows:
“Failed to connect to one or more local services. Exiting…”

Then the app closes automatically.

📌 Errors / logs I’m seeing:

Repeated log:

Failed to unregister class Chrome_WidgetWin_0. Error = 1412

Warning (not blocking, I think):

[baseline-browser-mapping] The data in this module is over two months old

Sometimes I also get:

Error: Port 1420 is already in use

❓ My understanding / doubt:

Backend is running properly

Frontend dev server is running

But Tauri seems unable to connect to backend (possible port / config mismatch?)

Not sure if Tauri expects backend on a different port or URL

🙏 Request:

If anyone can point me to:

The correct backend URL/port config for Tauri

Or what I might be missing on Windows

Or if this is a known Windows + Tauri issue

I’d really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance! 🙌

[real gale]

Hi Jitendra, come join in at #1345795402682859561 at 11 PM IST, we'll try to get this resolved

[real gale]

@plain bear

[young torrent]

I think you aren't running port 52124, there are two backend servers

[young torrent]

Hey @marsh idol,
In backend/main.py (line 110), we're using allow_origins=["*"] which allows
any origin to access our API. This could let malicious websites/extensions make requests to our backend.

Is this intentional for development, or should we restrict it to specific origins like:

• http://localhost:1420
• tauri://localhost
• https://tauri.localhost

Happy to submit a PR if we need to fix it.

[rich matrix]

Hi, I’m Swetalin. I’ve worked with HTML, CSS, JS, and Python. I want to start contributing to this project. Could u @radiant mauve guide me what to do and to a good first issue?

[small dune]

Getting some error 'Couldn't find config file' while setuping frontend.

Can someone please help

[wet lion]

Which commands did you use to set up the project?

script based setup or manual setup??

[small dune]

https://github.com/Faisal-imtiyaz123/PictoPy/blob/main/docs/Manual_Setup_Guide.md

Manual setup

Script based is only recommended for Windows or Debian, ig

[wet lion]

Could you share a visual guide (screenshots or a recording) of the error you’re facing?

[lilac badger]

kaise ho bhai log ?

[young torrent]

@lilac badger please maintain the decorum of server, if you have anything related to Pictopy that you can discuss.

[plush whale]

But while installing requirements.txt occurring some issues saying that Metadata error

Is it ok for python 3.12 or later version

[narrow tendon]

can you please explain the issue

[night musk]

Hi @marsh idol1603 sir,
If you find this feature proposal suitable and ready for execution, I kindly request you to assign it to me so that I can proceed with the detailed design and implementation.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1141

[real gale]

I think this issue is already open: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1110

[night musk]

Oh yes,
I created issue for duplicate detection and I have created issue which is duplicate sorry for that , sorry
@marsh idol sir for your inconvenience

[winter marsh]

@marsh idol when is the next meeting

[crude prism]

@winter marsh You are now level 2! :confetti_ball:

[plush whale]

please notify us

[unborn grove]

try lowering the version. it will not work on the latest python versions.

[plush whale]

Ok which version is it 3.10

[crude prism]

@plush whale You are now level 4! :confetti_ball:

[unborn grove]

i am using 3.11. but it is ok to use 3.10 too

[crude prism]

@unborn grove You are now level 8! :confetti_ball:

[plush whale]

thanks bro

[young torrent]

Hey @marsh idol, pls review the issues #1134 and #1133 so that i can raise pr

[crude prism]

@young torrent You are now level 8! :confetti_ball:

[small elk]

Hi, I’m setting up Pictopy locally and noticed some confusion around Python versions.
Would it make sense to mention a recommended Python version in the README to avoid this for new contributors?

[eternal venture]

@marsh idol Please assign this issue to me.

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/795

[small elk]

I’ve opened a small PR to document the Python version in the README.

[wild rampart]

HI @marsh idol Please view this :https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1110

[zenith hound]

@wild rampart , just wanted to check—have you already worked on this, or would you like to take it up?

[wild rampart]

i am waiting for maintainers to view this only after I will start working on this

[zenith hound]

thanks for telling me

[crude prism]

@zenith hound You are now level 4! :confetti_ball:

[wild rampart]

are you going to implement?

[zenith hound]

not yet

[marsh idol]

Reviewed 23 PRs related to small UI fixes. 10 Merged 13 Closed.

Now I will try to merge at least 1 PR per day.

[strange hearth]

Hi @marsh idol Please view this and assign it to me if my proposed solution is correcthttps://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/852

[surreal zodiac]

hi everyone

just wanna get some clarity on the issue #1139 that 2 prs has been raised on this specific issue but none of them have been reviewed yet . can i still work on this issue

[wet lion]

wait for review

[north lion]

@marsh idol thanks for merging all the pending pr's, will look into new bugs or feat based on future goals, also when do we have our next pictopy meeting?

[north lion]

@marsh idol
Hey, after syncing main I hit a Rust warning in tauri dev:
unused import tauri_plugin_shell::ShellExt in src-tauri/src/main.rs.

Cause: ShellExt is only used under #[cfg(feature = "ci")].
Fix: gate the import with #[cfg(feature = "ci")].

I applied it locally and warning is gone. Lmk if I should open an Issue and the PR for this.

[limber tulip]

@marsh idol I have created this issue and want to work on it can you please review it and assign it to me https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1150

[hasty creek]

Hi i am sanyam bhandari . and i am a python student interested in the pictopy backend for gsoc 2026. and i have read the project description and i am starting to look at the pyhton/Fast API code now

[zealous owl]

@marsh idol Would you please take a look at this issue i have raised.
i’d like to work on this issue and come up with a fix.
can you please assign it to me.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1154

[vagrant wave]

Hello everyone, I’m interested in Pictopy. I’ve gone through the documentation and the code, and I think it would be a good choice for GSoC 2026. I’m excited to start contributing.

[halcyon hearth]

Hi @marsh idol ,

I realize that I should have discussed this issue here before creating the pull request. I proceeded without coordinating because I was new to the contribution workflow and focused on addressing the problem directly. That was my mistake, and I apologize for not following the proper process.
I’ve opened a PR related to improving error handling:
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1151
Could you please review it ? I will make sure to discuss and get approval here before working on any new issues next time.

[prisma dragon]

@marsh idol I noticed a UI issue in PictoPy where the title bar moves along with the content when scrolling both upward and downward.
I have a screen recording of the issue.
I’ve created a GitHub issue for the title bar scrolling bug and attached a screen recording.
Could you please review it and assign it to me if it looks fine?
Issue link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1156

[night musk]

Hey @marsh idol i go through the issue of PictoPy and I found one merged PR which fix the responsiveness of the docs but still there are some improvement needed for that I created a issue please assign it to me

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1155

[north lion]

@marsh idol while doing ai tagging, person a gets only 4 pictures in same cluster, but when i search for the same person using our search bar, it shows 13 related pictures, should we not fix this inconsistency

[safe hare]

Hi @marsh idol,
I was exploring the backend startup flow and noticed that OpenAPI generation currently happens during app lifespan.
I was thinking of working on a very small fix/test around this behavior to better handle edge cases.
Would it be okay if I work on a small, scoped improvement related to this?

[vagrant wave]

PictoPy desktop looks good. I have done the setup and now i am going through the issues.

[wild rampart]

@wet lion will guide you for the further process

[prisma dragon]

@marsh idol
I noticed a small UX improvement opportunity in PictoPy.

In the Favourite Image Gallery, when there are no favourite images, the empty state only shows text. It might be helpful to add a small action like a “Go to Home” or “Browse Images” link/button so users can quickly navigate back and start selecting favourites.

I’ve recorded this and can create a GitHub issue if you think it makes sense.
Please let me know your thoughts

[real gale]

Meet tonight?

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol , I’ve reviewed issue #592 and submitted a PR with an improved solution compared to the previous one. If you find this approach better, I’d appreciate it if you could consider accepting the PR.
Please take a look whenever you have some time. Thanks!

[karmic pebble]

@wild rampart when will there be the meet?

[wild rampart]

ask @marsh idol

[crude prism]

@wild rampart You are now level 8! :confetti_ball:

[karmic pebble]

@marsh idol when will there be the meet?

[surreal zodiac]

@marsh idol Is Aossie Currently active as i am seeing no messages either from maintainers or entors

mentors

[rough iris]

Hi @marsh idol , @everyone , do we have to discuss before opening a new feature request issue in the meeting if we want to raise any?

[zenith violet]

You can open an issue, but a PR can only be created after the issue has been assigned to you in the meeting.

[crude prism]

@zenith violet You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[rough iris]

Okk but I opened a feature request issue and that was closed by the mentor by the tag closed as not planned

[tall bone]

yup not planned means its not our priority right now or it is planned for gsoc 2026 only

[rough iris]

Okk

[zenith violet]

Yeah, there are a lot of inconsistencies in it

[zealous thorn]

yeahhh, also ive raised an issue reg this
@marsh idol could u pls assign me this issue

[frozen matrix]

guys can anyone please tell me how can i get access for the introduction section beacause i am unable to text there as well as for the general section.

THANK YOU !
@marsh idol

[north lion]

you need to be verified ig

[frozen matrix]

I have gone through each instruction listed for new users but i still got no access to the main chat .!

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1165

[vagrant wave]

Hello @marsh idol and @bitter wind would you please assign this issue to me. It's done on my side and I am ready for PR.

[marsh idol]

@wet lion I have added comments to your setup script PR. Please make the required changes and test the script on your friend's laptop which doesn't have the local PictoPy setup.

[vocal garden]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1128 Hello Sir @marsh idol i have created this issue a week ago,and waiting to be assigned ,its done on my side ,i will create pr as soon as you assign it to me

[wet lion]

sure

is there someone who don't have #1311271974630330388 set up yet, locally

[surreal zodiac]

@wet lion can you please assign this issue to me before someone creates a pr https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1112

[wet lion]

hey @surreal zodiac i am also a contributor
you tagged wrong person

[surreal zodiac]

ohh sorry my bad

[wet lion]

iit's ok

[surreal zodiac]

@marsh idol can you please assign this issue to me

@wet lion are the maintainers currently active

[wet lion]

yes

they will review the issue and assign it to you

wait for their response

[surreal zodiac]

ok

thanks

[surreal zodiac]

hi is there any channel to report the changes done in the main aossie website

[karmic pebble]

@marsh idol when will there be a meet?

[royal bay]

Hey everyone, I am new here and I have found an issue how can I present it?

should I just normally type it here or is there a format?

[wet lion]

yeah, you can type it in a normal way

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1168

[vagrant wave]

Hi mentors @bitter wind and @marsh idol I have just created an issue. If you find this feature useful , please assign it to me. It has already been completed on my side.

[surreal zodiac]

@marsh idol please assign this issue to me

[obtuse hatch]

Hi @marsh idol ,
I’ve submitted a PR addressing issue:
#1007 :- BUG:Refactor album route tests to decouple from internal database implementation
#608:- SQL injection risk in db_add_images_to_album due to dynamic IN-clause constructio
pr link :-pr 1163 :- https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1163
pr 629 :- https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/629
Looking forward to your review and any suggestions.

[raw basin]

Hi everyone 👋
I’m Muskan, a B.Tech CSE student and a GSoC aspirant.

I’ve set up PictoPy locally (FastAPI + Tauri) and I’m currently exploring the codebase and documentation to understand the workflow better. I’m particularly interested in improving contributor experience, documentation clarity, and small frontend/UX issues.

I’ll be raising an issue soon based on some setup and workflow observations I’ve found while running the project locally.
Looking forward to contributing and learning from you all!

[lilac badger]

Hey @wet lion are you a maintainer
i am asking this becasue you are contributing in almost each project of aoosie like you are helping new guys , may be you are multi talented . please give me tips too

[wet lion]

Thanks for this appritiation @lilac badger

This is bcz I like contributing and I am not a mentor just a contributor like you

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1170

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol sir,
I have just created a feature issue. If you find it useful, could you please assign it to me?

[crude prism]

@vagrant wave You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[vagrant wave]

😁

[young torrent]

hey @marsh idol, when we have a meet?

[plush whale]

when we have meet

[plush whale]

Hi @marsh idol sir I've recently proposed an issue onenhancement can you please assign it to me as soon as it possible so that i can work on it quickly...link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1173

[prime scroll]

Hi , everyone ! Im Aurthita , interested in contributing to Pictopy . Looking forward to collaborating with you all !😃

[wild rampart]

@marsh idol Please have a look I have implemented the issue you assigned me:https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1175

[marsh idol]

Not today unfortunately. I am reviewing PRs though.

When I find a good agenda to take a meeting, I will inform.

[wild rampart]

hi @marsh idol I have tested and attached the testing issue and video please check

can I get to work on this ?https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1176

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1177

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol sir,
I have just created a feature issue. If you find it useful, could you please assign it to me?

[young torrent]

ohk, sure.

[plain bear]

Hi@Rahul 👋
I opened a docs-only PR: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1144

✅ Changes: clarified Jest warning after frontend tests + fixed CodeRabbit markdown nitpick
🟢 Status: No conflicts, ready to merge
🚧 Blocker: “1 workflow awaiting approval” (needs maintainer approval to run)

Could you please approve the workflow / re-run checks so it can be merged? Thanks!

Hi @marsh idol 👋
I opened a docs-only PR: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1148

✅ Changes: clarified Jest warning after frontend tests + fixed CodeRabbit markdown nitpick
🟢 Status: No conflicts, ready to merge
🚧 Blocker: “1 workflow awaiting approval” (needs maintainer approval to run)

Could you please approve the workflow / re-run checks so it can be merged? Thanks!

[marsh idol]

Hi everyone. I have merged a PR recently and I request to all to pull the latest changes and do the following steps before starting the app locally:

1. backend/app/config/settings.py inside this file add a print statement for the variable DATABASE_PATH. Whatever the path is printed when you start the main backend, go to that folder and delete the PictoPy.db file.
2. After this you can easily start the app.

This is because there have been schema changes in the database.

[young torrent]

Earlier I have raised pr related to collpsible sidebar, pls review that pr and tell me if there's any improvement required so that i can work upon
pr #1116

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1178

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol I created a Bug Issue on the latest update. I’ve fixed this bug locally. Could you assign this issue to me? Also, please let me know if you’d like me to make any changes to the implementation.

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol sir, I have updated the issue description and modified the code to implement the Soft-Deletion approach.

[safe hare]

Hi, I’ve submitted PR https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1167#issue-3925744240 and everything seems green.
While that’s under review, I’d love to help more.
Is there any small issue / test / documentation area you’d recommend I pick up next?

[unreal quartz]

It might help to briefly document in the test why lifespan execution during OpenAPI generation would be problematic (e.g., startup DB connections, background tasks, etc.), so future contributors immediately understand the reasoning behind the assertion.

[safe hare]

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve added a explanation in the test to document why lifespan execution during OpenAPI generation is problematic.

[placid vector]

Hi, I’ve submitted PR https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1182, and all checks are passing. I’ve also opened a new issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1183. I would appreciate it if you could review it when convenient.

[real gale]

Hi @marsh wyvern,
I just recently noticed that the AOSSIE yt channel was created ||YAY 🥳|| and been set up for demos.

I’ve recently been spending some time working on a launch / reveal video for PictoPy and I wanted to get your thoughts as well before I go too far in one direction.

This has been in loop with @marsh idol

https://drive.google.com/file/d/131O0Eqyda4C02j1cKx4S0GsFHuFHg4JL/view?usp=sharing

It’s not fully complete yet, so... should I submit what I currently have in the form as an incomplete draft, or should I wait and submit a more complete version once everything is finished?
The completed version might take a bit longer due to other co-curricular / academic assignments, but I’m happy to go either way

[marsh wyvern]

I like it!

Out of curiosity, which tools are you using to create this video?

Whenever you, @marsh idol @radiant mauve and other <@&1235894000192327690>s agree that it is ready to be published, just let me know...

[real gale]

Thank you! :)

I am essentially using a set of these five applications: Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, FL Studio and Capcut

[marsh wyvern]

There is one thing that has been bothering me a bit about PictoPy and that is relevant in case we are going to start marketing it more strongly with videos, landing pages and so on.

I assume that the Py in "PictoPy" is because it is implemented in Python. Right?

But the end user doesn't care about the language that was used for implementation. If PictoPy were a library for developers, a reference to python, making it clear that it is a Python library, would make sense. But, for an end-user application, the Py suffix seems unnecessary and possibly confusing.

Maybe it would be worth considering a renaming?

For example, "PictAI" rhymes with "PictoPy" and conveys more clearly the value proposition of the app.

[marsh wyvern]

I wish I had skills in these tools...

One of my sons (8 years old) really likes art (and goes to a painting school) and I wanted to eventually introduce him to some professional applications to manipulate digital images and videos. I see that he keeps playing with the basic photo and video editing tools of his mobile's camera app, and I think he would like to have tools with more powerful features.

Do you know any good tutorials that could be suitable for him?

[real gale]

Thats so cool to hear 😄

I didn’t really follow any single tutorial or course myself. Most of what I know came from a lot of experimenting, spamming buttons, trials and errors, and gradually picking things up over time in the process of recreating what I saw.

That said, i'd be more than happy to help and curate a few specific tutorials and resources based on what he’s most interested in, whether that’d be in drawing and illustrations, photo manipulation, animations like these or video edits

[marsh wyvern]

He doesn't have a computer yet. So, if you know any good mobile drawing/editing app that could be, from a conceptual/technique point of view, a good stepping stone towards the more professional desktop tools, I would appreciate a recommendation.

[real gale]

Adobe Lightroom for photo editing (free)

Adobe Photoshop mobile (free for basic use, subscription needed for advanced features)

Adobe Illustrator Draw ||only available on ipad if im not wrong|| for drawing / illustration (paid)

CapCut (mobile) is probably the best option for video editing on mobile right now
It has got features like timelines, layers, text, effects, and keyframes. Very close to a desktop styled workflow.
There are alternatives like VN and iMovie, which are better suited for more basic editing, storytelling, cuts, and pacing.
Adobe also recently released the Premiere Pro mobile app. It’s free to use, but some advanced AI features might require a subscription.

Additionlly, Garageband is one of the most powerful Digital Audio Workstation available out there on mobile (iOS devices only)

All of these are extremely powerful and popular applications so there's a bunch of guides and tutorials available online and on youtube and I'm sure he'll get to learn a whole lot by using these hands on!

[rustic willow]

Hey! 👋
@marsh idol
I'd like to work on Issue #1181 (Same image indexed multiple times with symlinks/hardlinks) — could a maintainer please assign it to me?

I've already fixed and tested it locally:

Root cause: image_util_get_images_from_folder in images.py had no deduplication — both the recursive (os.walk) and non-recursive (os.listdir) branches appended every matched path unconditionally, so hardlinks and symlinks to the same physical file got indexed multiple times.

Fix: Added a _is_duplicate() helper with two complementary checks — os.path.realpath() to catch symlinks, and (st_dev, st_ino) inode tracking to catch hardlinks. The inode check degrades gracefully on FAT/exFAT where st_ino is always 0.

Tests: 7 new tests in TestDeduplicationBug1181 covering baseline scan, hardlink dedup (recursive + non-recursive), symlink dedup (recursive + non-recursive), and a false-positive guard to ensure distinct files with identical content are NOT dropped. All 7 passing, 0 warnings. ✅

Happy to open the PR as soon as the issue is labelled and assigned! 🙌

[vagrant wave]

Wow! It's looks very nice 👍

[distant thorn]

very cool

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1184

[marsh idol]

Great video ❣️

[young torrent]

Hey @marsh idol!
Just pushed Issue #1184 - I've added some major clustering enhancements!
New Features:

1. Create clusters manually (user-defined organization)
2. Add images to any cluster
3. Remove images from clusters
   This gives users way more flexibility to organize photos their way, not just how AI detects them.

Demo video attached - would appreciate your feedback!
Took me about a week of work! What do you think? Any suggestions to improve?

[plush whale]

recently I've proposed this issue after exploring the pictopy. If you kindly review my proposed issue and assign me for this issue, I'll be obliged: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1186

[plush whale]

@radiant mauve plz assign it to me

[crude prism]

@plush whale You are now level 5! :confetti_ball:

[young torrent]

Hey @marsh idol, pls clarify a question, should i raise the pr for the issues I have raised or wait for your review as suggested by github bot?

[unreal quartz]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1187

@marsh idol please have a look

[dusk carbon]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/677 @marsh idol Sir please review this

[safe hare]

Hi, I reviewed issue https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/705#issue-3715145356 #705 and the current implementation of db_get_images_by_cluster_id.

Since metadata is already being deserialized in the function, I left a comment on GitHub asking for clarification on where the mismatch is occurring.

If no additional context is needed, I’m happy to proceed with investigating and preparing a fix.

[real gale]

Hi Rahul, the release of v1.1.0 is a long awaited goal for PictoPy and we are also in a very good spot to do the same but one of the most major bugs present in the application is the ImageViewer component's Zoom on Scroll feat.
I'd be very delighted if you could try this PR out yourself, locally, before and after of the ImageViewer. It fixes the current implementation of the Zoom on Scroll feature and makes it more predictable.

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/835

[real gale]

Hi Rahul, I've opened this PR for the Coderabbit config addition to the repository.
#announcements message
It's fine-tuned for PictoPy's tech stack, and the unrequired blockchain and mobile dev prompts and tools have been removed from the config keeping everything aligned with Rust + python + typescript

[young torrent]

Hey Rahul!
Just opened an issue to add YouTube badge to PictoPy's README (following Bruno's suggestion to keep it in docs, not UI).
Issue: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1190

Starting with README badge now. Also asked if you want social links in Settings footer too — lmk your thoughts!

[thorny otter]

If anyone is stuck on an issue or needs help reviewing or debugging something, feel free to tag me or assign it. I’m happy to collaborate and support where I can.

[supple zealot]

I dont have a name in mind, but I dont think it'll be limited to pics either consider it more of a gallery. Note that I've been disconnected from the project for a year.

[narrow tendon]

great video + editing

[real gale]

Hi @marsh idol, @radiant mauve, @supple zealot

I wanted to ask you guys for your views on the launch video for PictoPy.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/131O0Eqyda4C02j1cKx4S0GsFHuFHg4JL/view?usp=drivesdk

Is there anything you’d recommend to add? Anything I missed maybe? Or anything that could’ve been done better or differently.

[young torrent]

Can anyone pls share the link of PictoPy Youtube Channel, I'm Unable to find.

Hey @marsh wyvern @marsh idol,
I'd like to draft a user-friendly guide explaining what PictoPy does, why to use it, and how we handle privacy/security along with this adding all the social links.

Thinking of adding a USER_GUIDE.md or docs/USER_GUIDE.md for end-users. Which contain Purpose, Security Feature, Offline workability, data flow.

While Keeping README.md consice for discovery, and link to the detailed guide.

Any preferences on format or key points to highlight? Happy to start with a draft PR for review.

[marsh wyvern]

@real gale , I'm not managing to download the video...

There is no download button. You probably need to configure the sharig to allow download.

[real gale]

Let me have a look

[marsh wyvern]

End users won't visit a project's repo.

Also, ideally, a project's UI and UX should be so intuitive that one shouldn't need to read a user guide.

Furthermore, user guides tend to become outdated. The project evolves and the user guide keeps referring to odler versions. Updating the user guide becomes an extra burden in the evolution of the project.

[real gale]

You should be able to download it now

[marsh wyvern]

It worked. Thanks!

[marsh wyvern]

I ahve exceeded the 24h video upload limit of YouTube. Please help me to remember to upload the PictoPy video in 24h...

[grim lava]

@marsh wyvern Sir, I just wanted to ask whether you have verified the channel. If not, you can verify it. Once verified, you will not face that upload limit, and you will also be able to paste the repository and organization links in the description.

Sharing just for information

[young torrent]

ohk, understood, should I add social media link in Readme.md file as you have mentioned earlier.

[marsh wyvern]

I tried to verify, but it didn't work because AOSSIE's video history is still too short.

[marsh wyvern]

All AOSSIE projects should have readmes compatible with this template: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Template-Repo/blame/main/README.md , which includes social media links.

[grim lava]

I am not sure what the YouTube rules are in other countries regarding video history, but in India we have phone verification and video verification, and it takes 24 hours to verify.

[grim lava]

Ok got it, the channel verification and account verification are both different, even you go with account verfication the limit will go away, where as channel verification gives grey tick beside the channels name.

My bad I mean to say account verification (generally require video+phone number)..

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1192

Hi @marsh idol sir, i would love to work on this issue.

[wet lion]

Hi Rahul, could you please review this PR ? I’ve updated it and added visuals to demonstrate that everything is working correctly.

[zenith violet]

Hi Rahul, I’ve submitted the PR for issue #977. Please let me know if any changes are needed. https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1094

[bold estuary]

Hey @marsh idol, I've raised a PR for issue number #1091 fixing the metadata leakage in console.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1191

[unreal quartz]

Hi @marsh wyvern
Currently, PictoPy’s README does not seem to fully match that template.
Should we update PictoPy’s README to strictly follow the Template-Repo structure as well?

[supple zealot]

@marsh wyvern @marsh idol

How about "GallAI" as the name?

Also, in case videos aren't supported yet (as I can't see them in any demo), adding it would be simple: extract 1 of every X frames and treat them as images to get the tags.

[mystic fern]

Hi everyone 👋

I’m Arunodoy, a second-year CS student preparing for GSoC 2026. I’ve previously contributed to Resonate (5 PRs merged) and have experience building AI-powered tools including a local AI code review assistant and Chrome extensions.

I’m interested in PictoPy, especially the AI pipeline and local inference aspects. I’d love to start contributing and understand the current architecture and priority areas.

Here are my profiles for reference:
GitHub: https://github.com/Arunodoy18

Portfolio: https://aruno.buildc3.tech/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunodoy-banerjee-214251342

Looking forward to contributing

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1195

[vagrant wave]

Hi @marsh idol sir, could you please assign me this issue!

[wet lion]

liked it.

[marsh wyvern]

"Gall" for "Gallery"?

Along the same lines:

• GallerAI
• CamerAI
• PictAI

[supple zealot]

GallerAI this sounds nice

[marsh wyvern]

(We should also keep in mind that, sooner or later, people will get tired of the AI suffix, and we would need to rebrand again. (Remember when "-ly" suffixes were fashionable?) But it is probably good for now.)

Adding videos, as @supple zealot suggested, could be a good task for GSoC!

[supple zealot]

it's more of an auto organized gallery

so something emphasizing that would be nice

[marsh wyvern]

There was/is also a trend of using proper names for AI-powered tools....

• Kelly - your AI-Powered Auto-Organizing Gallery

[supple zealot]

There was a 2nd version of pictopy which already had that in 2024, should I add that as a reference?

[marsh wyvern]

Yes.

Add this task and the reference to the idea in the idea list.

[supple zealot]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Info/pull/56

[marsh wyvern]

@real gale , I have just published your PictoPy video. YouTube found copyrighted material on it, but usage is allowed.

[bold estuary]

As long as there is no intention of earning from the video ads it will have no effect on video

[real gale]

Aah the audio… gotta make sure not to use copyrighted material from next time

Thanks for the update :)

and thanks again for publishing ☺️

[young torrent]

you can provide license key so that claim copyright

[tall bone]

Hey @marsh idol , I am back, i had my minor exams, can you let me know did we had any meet recently?

[real gale]

How can I get the license key to Bruno Mar's "24k Magic"?

[real gale]

Nope

[sick yarrow]

@bitter wind @round laurel @knotty shore@radiant mauve @marsh idol @supple zealot Hello mentors, apologies for the interruption. I hope you're doing well.

I wanted to reach out regarding a potential GSoC idea related to this year’s sustainability theme. This idea was originally suggested by the admin, and I have been working on refining it by outlining some features, researching its feasibility, and preparing a small draft explaining the motivation and possible implementation approach.

As advised, I am currently looking for a mentor who might be willing to review the idea and guide it further for the GSoC phase. I would be very grateful if you could take a look at the draft and share your thoughts or feedback. If this aligns with your interests, it would be great if you could also join the sustainability channel where the discussion is ongoing.

I understand everyone is busy, so I truly appreciate your time and consideration. Thank you.

[crude prism]

@sick yarrow You are now level 10! :confetti_ball:

[crude prism]

@safe hare You are now level 3! :confetti_ball:

[safe hare]

@marsh wyvern , @bitter wind Hey Mentors! Sorry for intrupting you but I’ve submitted one more PR #1199 " https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1199#issue-3995280791 " and I’m currently exploring deeper test coverage improvements in the metadata module.
If there are any priority areas where more testing or refactoring is needed, I’d love to contribute.

[young torrent]

From where you downloaded the song, you will find the license key. Just copy and paste it into the description. If you find it, then okay; otherwise, let it be because it's an intro video, but it will not get monetized.

[crude prism]

@young torrent You are now level 9! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

https://audio.com/sofia-capano/audio/bruno-mars-24k-magic-instrumental-original
Not sure if I can see a license key, check this link out otherwise, yeah, it's fine

[crude prism]

@real gale You are now level 24! :confetti_ball:

[young torrent]

Okay I'll let you know after reaching home, I'm at college right now.

[wet lion]

Hello @marsh wyvern ,

I want to introduce a new feature for PictoPy. Now that PictoPy is ready for end-users, and we already have all the data stored in clusters (with different faces), why not use that data to create a short memory summary for users? For example, showing where a person appeared most frequently, where they spent the most time, and similar insights — just like Google Photos does.

This can significantly improve the user experience, as users will be able to view their past moments and activity in a structured way. Since everything can be built locally using existing clustered data, there would be no need for an internet connection. This could become one of the best features of PictoPy.

[wet lion]

What's yout thoughts on this @marsh idol and @real gale

[real gale]

Interesting, sounds like a statistical model. Kind of like Spotify Wrapped

But yeah, this being a memories feature is indeed what an actual memories functionality is supposed to be. A group of curated images that belong with each other, that are supposed to be related.

[young torrent]

@real gale I have tried to search, you have downloaded it from audio.com that doesn't provide license key and the song you have chosen is also not originally from audio.com, it's better to try another websites like uppbeat where you will get royalty based song and free credits along with license key

[novel yoke]

Hello @radiant mauve
I want to propose a new feature for PictoPy to add AI-powered natural language search.

Instead of searching photos manually, users will be able to type conversational queries like "show me beach photos" or "pictures with friends from last year" and get relevant results.

Under the hood, PictoPy already extracts rich metadata (objects, faces, dates) using YOLO and FaceNet. So I propose converting that metadata into vector embeddings using Sentence Transformers and storing them in a local FAISS index. When a user searches, their query gets embedded and matched against the index semantically — all offline, preserving PictoPy's privacy-first approach.

[thorny otter]

Hi sir @marsh idol @real gale , I was exploring the new PictoPy website and noticed a great opportunity to improve the UX for users trying to download the app.
I just opened Issue #12 proposing an OS-Aware Dynamic Download Component. Instead of static links, it detects the user's OS (Windows/Mac/Linux) and automatically fetches the latest correct installer (.exe, .dmg, etc.) directly from the main repo's GitHub Releases API. This means the website will never need manual updates when a new version drops! 🚀
Here is the issue link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy-Website/issues/12
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this approach. If you think this is a good architectural fit, I have my local environment set up and would be absolutely thrilled to work on the PR!

[real gale]

Hi Muneer, I'm sorry but I'm not the maintainer of the project 😅 just a contributor like everyone else.

[thorny otter]

Sorry sir

[real gale]

Though yes, the approach is sound but I think this has already been raised in a prior conversation

[real gale]

You don't need to call me sir bro 😭

Good luck!

[thorny otter]

But it is not open yet

[thorny otter]

Sorry it's my habit 🙂

[supple zealot]

I think the most effective way to achieve this would be moving to a media captioning model from YOLO, as it has a very limited set of objects and only one name per object. Feel free to share a prototype and evaluate the size of the generated executables as well

[north lion]

when is the next pictopy meet?

[vagrant wave]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1213

[obtuse hatch]

Hi @marsh idol , hope you're doing well.

I just wanted to kindly follow up on my PR. When you get time, could you please take a look and share any feedback?

PR[1163] : https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1163
PR [629] : https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/629
Thank you!

[safe hare]

Hi everyone!
While exploring the backend architecture I opened a small discussion about backend layer separation and scalability considerations.

Would love to hear thoughts from maintainers whenever convenient.

Discussion link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/discussions/1214#discussion-9587229

[thorny otter]

Sir @marsh idol ,could you please take a look at this security issue when you have a moment? It seems important and might need quick attention.

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1216

[vast jetty]

Good evening sir @marsh idol @real gale could you please check PR #18 for the issue #15 .
I've fixed the logo navigation issue

[thorny otter]

Feel free to review it
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1217

[vast jetty]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy-Website/pull/18
please review it !

[warm olive]

Hello @marsh wyvern , I am a React and python developer interested in contributing to Pictopy for gsoc, I am looking at #724 as my first contribution.

[young torrent]

Hey everyone, I'm facing some issue, recently pulled code but it's not running, I've tried a lot from my side but things are not working out. need help!!

[real gale]

Hi @young torrent , could you please describe the problem you’re facing?

[young torrent]

Frontend isn't able to connect server although both Backend are running

[real gale]

Aah, you need to delete PictoPy.db from backend/app/database/ then restart both backend servers

The PictoPy.db file might not be in the directory I specified, can you confirm if it's there?

[young torrent]

let me check

[young torrent]

Pictopy.db is there, I retried after deleting it, but it's not working

[real gale]

#1345795402682859561 let's resolve this over in the meeting room

[young torrent]

By what time you will be free?

[real gale]

I'm free rn

[young torrent]

Okay, will free after 10 min, see you in meeting room

[young torrent]

@real gale Thnx for joining, I will ping you if i find any issues after recloning repo.

[karmic saffron]

I have submitted only one PR, is i am still eligible for making praposal and submit?

[novel yoke]

@marsh idol @real gale
Hi, could one of you please review this PR when you get time?

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy-Website/pull/10

Thanks!

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy-Website/pull/11

[frank quest]

Hi @marsh idol
I would request if you can take some time out and review this PR ,it is a small CI related PR, based on optimizing it and making them more efficient
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1008

[fading timber]

Hi @marsh idol @real gale ! I'm Ajith, a Python/ML developer from India. I'm interested in contributing to PictoPy for GSoC 2026.
I just opened my first PR → https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1219
Fix: improve SQLite error handling in get_db_connection
Could you assign me the PictoPy contributor role? I'd love to keep contributing and discuss potential GSoC project ideas. Thanks!

[slate stump]

I’m a engineer who enjoys building real products and solving technical problems. That part of my work feels natural to me. The difficult part is client communication, because English is not my native language.

Even when I fully understand the project, it can be hard to express everything smoothly in meetings. Because of that, I hope to find not only a collaboration partner, but also a true online friend someone reliable, kind, and easy to trust.

I can handle the technical side, development, and delivery. I’m looking for someone who feels comfortable with English communication and wants to build a long-term partnership together.

For me, trust is the most important part. Good collaboration is not only about skills. It is about honesty, patience, and supporting each other step by step. No trust, no party.

If you are looking for something real, sincere, and long-term, feel free to message me.

[safe hare]

Hi @marsh wyvern , @marsh idol ,

I’ve opened a PR to address duplicate image indexing caused by symlinks/hardlinks (issue #1181) by introducing filesystem-based deduplication before record preparation, which avoids redundant thumbnail generation and unnecessary processing.

All CodeRabbit review comments have been addressed, and I’ve also added a test to validate the deduplication behavior.

Would appreciate a review when someone gets a chance

PR: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1224#issue-4080655277

[wild rampart]

@marsh idol Check this out , I have raised a PR to the issue assigned to me ;https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1175

[upper gulch]

I have found that test coverage is currently 51%, and database functions are not yet covered. I want to summit pr based on this issue. https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1238

[bold estuary]

Claude just launched a program offering 6 months of Max 20x for OSS maintainers and contributors.

Apply:
https://claude.com/contact-sales/claude-for-oss

Has anyone here tried it yet? Curious how strict the eligibility check is.

[worthy gale]

Hi, can Anyone share with some high quality PictoPy screenshots ? It would be really helpful

[covert pasture]

Hey everyone!
I'm Vaibhav Khokha and applying for GSoC, I'm super interested in the PictoPy project. My background is in Python and I'd love to help out with the backend tasks. Could anyone point me toward a good first issue or give me some guidance on how to jump in? Thanks!

[covert pasture]

Hi @mentors @marsh idol ! I've just submitted my first PR (#1242) addressing the backend module naming collisions and initial type safety guards I found during my pre GSoC audit. Looking forward to any feedback! Thanks!

[marsh idol]

Hi guys

I will review gsoc proposals publicly

Give me some time, till then post your doubts in this channel: https://discord.com/channels/1022871757289422898/1485548299107958864

Ideas page for PictoPy: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Info/blob/main/GSoC-Ideas/2026/PictoPy.md

[bold estuary]

Hi @marsh idol I was mostly inactive because of my ongoing exams. I also want to let u know my 2 Pr's are hanging for a while could you please review them as it'll help me in the proposal. Thank you.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/958
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1191

[balmy coral]

Hey @marsh idol ! I’m working on a GSoC proposal for AOSSIE focused on improving SEO, discoverability, and social sharing across projects.

This would involve adding things like proper metadata (Open Graph, Twitter Cards), structured data (JSON-LD), sitemap/robots setup, and optional integrations like SocialShareButton and a lightweight engagement prompt system.

Before finalising my proposal, I wanted to check — would you be open to SEO-related improvements and PRs for your Pictopy Website?

Happy to share more details or tailor changes to your codebase if needed.

[pseudo quail]

Hi @marsh idol , I’ve commented on this issue about the navbar shifting during gallery reload/empty state
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/962

I can reproduce it and would like to work on fixing the layout stability

Could you please take a look and assign it to me?

[north lion]

@marsh idol when are we planning to have a meet again?

[echo gust]

Hey @marsh idol, Does the final proposal get Evaluated via the Google Doc? Google Form? or the pdf on the official GSoC portal?

[marsh idol]

Everyone who wants to get their proposal reviewed, share the PDF in this channel https://discord.com/channels/1022871757289422898/1485548299107958864

[marsh idol]

It's basically the same right? All of those would have same content. The PDF uploaded on the GSoC system will be considered as the final version

[near glen]

Hey @marsh idol , I have submitted a PR(#1253) for validating empty space , blanks or white-space only strings . Just wanted to confirm if it’s okay to move on to my next PR or if I should wait.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1253

[marsh idol]

@everyone Reminder to submit your proposal before the deadline today!

[north lion]

what is the procedure that aossie follow in order to pick the appropriate candidate?

[real gale]

Greetings Rahul sir,
I've opened this small github issue for improvement of the README structure and visuals.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1257
Please assign me this issue if you agree with the proposed changes.
Thank a lot :)

[real gale]

Hi everyone,
||cc: @marsh wyvern, @marsh idol, @supple zealot, @knotty shore, @bitter wind||
Hope you're all doing well.

Since things are a bit quieter until the 30th, I wanted to contribute in a slightly different and creative way.
I had an idea for a short promotional video that showcases a real-world use case for PictoPy, almost like an advertisement for when the next major version goes into production.

The concept is simple:
A photographer comes back from a shoot with hundreds of photos and videos. They transfer everything to their laptop and then realize they now have to spend a lot of time manually sorting and organizing all the files.
Instead, they open PictoPy, enable AI tagging, and within moments everything is automatically organized.

Before sharing this idea publicly, I put together a quick prototype to see how it might feel in practice, and honestly, I think it has potential. You can check out the prototype here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3bMNIbzyummA8cLSLOQWCr32rWKxtJ5/view?usp=sharing

I would really appreciate feedback from the community, the mentors, and admins,

A few things I would especially love feedback on:

• Does the video prototype clearly showcases the “photographer comes back from a shoot and has to manually sort everything” problem part?
• Are there any scenes or clips that could be shown in a better or more understandable way?
• Any ideas on how to make the pain point feel more obvious or relatable?

Would love to collectively brainstorm and hear what everyone thinks.

[worthy gale]

Hi @real gale ,

Great efforts, I feel you can make a great video out of this. Some of my suggestions would be to use motion typography and add transition effects when switching scenes and clips. Your vision has a lot of potential and only need proper care and polish to become incredible.

The message scene,
colour grading of your video,
and the in between typography (Avoiding too much text at once and putting small interactive text once and then showing visuals)

[real gale]

Yes, motion typography is definitely something I have in mind. One of my main concerns, though, is figuring out where and how to include it without ending up recreating something too similar to what we did last time. ||Please refer to this for context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWp-9xT9jow||

It would also be really helpful if you could share references from other videos online, whether from YouTube, Pinterest, or similar platforms, sharing your idea more effectively.

For the next few sequences as well, I’d love your input on what text should appear on screen and what wording would work best. Simple, easy for users to understand.

And yes, the color grading will happen once we’ve collectively locked the scenes.

[distant thorn]

what happened to your pfp bro

looking too old now /s

[marsh idol]

Please go ahead!

[real gale]

Thank you!

[real gale]

Hi Rahul sir,
I was revamping the README file when I remembered the Database Architecture inside docs/backend/backend_python/database.md doesn't correctly render the diagram.

So I was thinking, if I can fix this and add it to the upcoming README revamp PR itself... The fix would be rendering an SVG file instead using the <iframe> tag 👇

[real gale]

Hi community and @marsh idol
Is this architecture easy and clear to understand?

||And correct*? 😅||

[north lion]

this explains everything about current worflow, its good tbh
just a suggestions, can also add the feats, we will be working onto during our next version

[near glen]

Hi @radiant mauve , @marsh idol , @real gale I had previously worked on this https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1254 validation fix and opened a PR, but I realize now I should have requested assignment first. Since this issue is now created, could I be assigned to it so I can reopen/update my existing PR accordingly? Happy to make any changes as per review. Thanks!

[real gale]

Yeah, I understand your point but I don't think that'd be wise. New people visiting the repo would simply get confused + we're not sure how the upcoming architecture is going to be

The architecture should keep updating only once the feature is implemented, shouldn't it?

[north lion]

yeah thats right, maybe once we're done with technical discussions, we can then have it all done

[near glen]

Am I missing something ?

[real gale]

Hey @near glen, I was tagged as well and sorry I didn’t respond, but I’m not in a position to assign issues since I’m also just a contributor here.

In general, it’s always a good idea to request assignment before starting work or opening a PR.

[frank quest]

Hey everyone, and @marsh idol @real gale 👋

@real gale I really appreciate your current work in the docs area meanwhile we have progress on summer of code.
While reading through your PR, I remembered the image processing flow diagram I had shared earlier. I feel like this would fit in nicely now and make the workflow a lot easier to grasp for new contributors.
Also I noticed that the issues with the special admonition boxes (like fun fact, tip, etc.) are still there which I had actually fixed some of these locally already.

So I went ahead and opened an issue to bundle both things together:
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1259
Let me know what you think 🙂

[marsh idol]

Congratulations @real gale

Welcome to GSoC 2026 program 😃

[real gale]

Thankyou so much 🙏❤️

[north lion]

congrats rohan

[lunar pivot]

congrats

[real gale]

Thank you @north lion @lunar pivot 😄

[distant thorn]

daymm

you got selected

congrats

[distant thorn]

party bro

[real gale]

Thanks tushar

[real gale]

😄😄😄😄

[wet lion]

Very Bery congrats @real gale

[wet lion]

Yeah definately, we want

[frank quest]

Congratulations buddy for the win👏🏻

[tall bone]

Congratulations @real gale , i knew you are going for this one bro

[marsh idol]

Congratulations to @distant thorn for getting selected at KDE.

Also Congratulations to @tall bone @wet lion

You guys deserved this.

[real gale]

Congratulations! To all of you @wet lion @tall bone @distant thorn

[distant thorn]

thanks

it's fun to be here

[jolly garden]

Congratulations @real gale 🚀

[crude prism]

@jolly garden You are now level 11! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

Thank you Dhruvi, congratulations to you too 😄

Thank you so much @frank quest and @tall bone

[distant thorn]

where can i see all the student-2026 role members?

[distant thorn]

damm bro congrats to you also

i haven't noticed

[narrow tendon]

Congratulations @real gale bro

[real gale]

Thanks Vaibhav, and same to you too 😄

[wet lion]

Same bro, congratulations to all, @distant thorn @tall bone

[real gale]

Hi @marsh idol, in order to discuss the scope of the upcoming GSoC work and go over a few implementation ideas outlined in the proposal, I’d like to invite you and any other contributors who are interested to join for a quick meeting in #1345795402682859561 today at 10 PM IST. Similar to the previously followed weekly meeting sync format, having meetings whenever there are specific points to align upon.

[real gale]

Friendly reminder!

[crude prism]

@real gale You are now level 25! :confetti_ball:

[marsh idol]

Yes

https://discord.com/channels/1022871757289422898/1345795402682859561

Anyone who is interested can join.

[real gale]

The Meeting Summary notes have been updated, please find them here

[frank quest]

Hey everyone
My apologies , I could not join today's meeting due to some sudden high priority task .
Actually I am really keen to know in some more detail about what Rohan is planning for pictopy for this year,thus if it aligns with AOSSIE’s terms @marsh idol and Rohan is comfortable sharing, could you please share the proposal with us please, It would really help everyone get a clearer idea of the direction and upcoming plans for this project.

[frank quest]

Thank You so much sir

[marsh idol]

@real gale Can you please check if you received invite from AOSSIE on mail?

for repo access.

[real gale]

Yes, I did and I've accepted. Thank you :)

[real gale]

Hi @marsh idol,
As a prerequisite to Application Size Optimization we'll have to create a separate release for all the models.
The YOLOv11 Nano object detection ONNX file can be sourced directly from the upstream Ultralytics v8.3.0 release assets, where it is already published as a pre-built ONNX with a verified checksum. All other models (Small and Medium object detection variants, all face detection variants, and FaceNet) are not published as ONNX by Ultralytics. As a one-time setup step, we will have to export the Small and Medium ONNX (which we already have) and upload all these ONNX format models as assets on a pinned PictoPy GitHub release tag (models-v1.0). The Ultralytics library is Apache 2.0 licensed, so redistribution of exported files is permitted. This tag will be kept separate from app release tags so model URLs remain stable across app updates.

Other than that, I have opened this issue on GitHub which lists down all the steps involved for the complete App Size Optimization technique enlisted in the proposal: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1260 Please feel free to review and suggest changes.

[real gale]

Hi guys, can someone confirm if they are also able to resize the application size below the specified minWidth 1280px and minHeight 720px. This video was attached within issue#988

@slow ravine I believe you're the author of this issue?

[real gale]

Hey @tall bone, you had opened quite a few issues for PictoPy back in Jan. Are you still willing to work on them, or should I leave them unassigned for now so others can pick them up if interested?

[slow ravine]

I am not 🙂

[tulip monolith]

hey @real gale i reviewed several issues for pictopy the list is there in this https://discord.com/channels/1022871757289422898/1480417089800896623 channel may come handy!

[real gale]

Yes SK, I was going through them, have covered three. I really appreciate that list. Thank you!

[real gale]

The Core AI Models have been uploaded as releases (tag: models-v1.0) https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/releases/tag/models-v1.0

The computed SHA values have been noted down within the issue's description: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/1260

[real gale]

Hey @marsh idol,

As part of the upcoming App Size Optimization PR, I’m planning to remove the job in build-and-release.yml that currently bundles PictoPy with all models. So going forward, installing the models during the onboarding step will be the only way. I.e, we’ll no longer support distributing the 300MB+ PictoPy variants with prepackaged models.

Do you agree with this direction? Or should we continue providing release artifacts that include the ONNX models as well??

[marsh idol]

Only release the minimal version

[real gale]

I'm almost done with the app size optimization PR. And currently am reviewing everything and going through potential issues and bugs before opening the PR, which should probably happen sometime in the next 12 hours.

A few things I wanted to mention... A 4th onboarding step has been added called "AIModelSetupStep". This step:

1. Recommends the best compatible YOLO model variant for the user.
2. Checks both the device RAM and available ONNX Runtime execution providers. There’s one part related to this that I’d like to discuss with you.
3. Still allows the user to manually change the selected variant if they want to.
4. Once everything is finalized within this step, the installation of the models starts, fetching the models from the repo's "Core AI Models" release.

This "AIModelSetupStep" component will eventually be complemented by a Model Manager window in Settings for installing and managing additional models later on.

[crude prism]

@real gale You are now level 26! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

Uhh... hi, nevermind about the (2) ONNX Runtime execution provider concern I mentioned earlier. Actually, I was initially implementing "directly relying on execution providers for model recommendation" (as mentioned in point 2), but that would've required installing onnxruntime-gpu, which is significantly larger than the normal onnxruntime package and would've pretty much defeated the purpose of the entire app size optimization effort.

So instead, I looked into how the existing GPU acceleration flow was already implemented (especially the DirectML setup) and took inspiration from that approach. The recommendation logic is now separated from runtime provider detection itself. Rather than forcing heavyweight GPU runtime dependencies globally just to detect accelerated providers, the recommendation system now focuses more on actual hardware capability signals, while runtime execution/provider selection remains independent as it was.

[real gale]

Test release 🥹
~300 MB difference

[marsh idol]

Great job!

[marsh idol]

Can you explain the second paragraph? I didn't get it?

Also, while merging PRs, always do squash and merge, it keeps the commit history linear and clean.

[real gale]

I was first planning to implement the recommendation model (for the YOLO variant), according to the presence of an executor like CUDA or CPU only

So in case a user has the CUDAExecutorProvider (means the user has a GPU)

But turned out, to make sure the application correctly detects if a user can run the CUDAExecutorProvider, we’d have to change the onnxruntime package into onnxruntime-gpu which is 1GB+ (while the onnxruntime package is 10x lesser)

Adding the onnxruntime-gpu package would have completely defeated the target of size optimisation

So instead, the recommendation system now simply detect if there is a GPU present… if yes, it recommends the YOLO medium variant, if no, we fall back to Ram size detection: less than 4GB = Nano variant gets recommended, less than 8GB = Small variant gets recommended, more than 8GB = Medium variant

And since GPU acceleration toggle inside settings page already supports power users using direct ML, that part is as is and sorted

[real gale]

@marsh idol What's the difference between releaseName and tagName in github actions??

I mean, Google says "In GitHub Actions, tagName refers to the immutable Git reference that marks a specific point in your history, while releaseName is a GitHub-specific label for the user-facing release package."
Do I need to add a releaseName variable within the release-and-build.yml workflow? Or should I not touch the release logic there at all?

[marsh idol]

I think release name can be edited

So once release pipeline is completed, we can edit the release name and publish it

Try to complete these asap. We planned a release back in Jan, but i couldn't actively participate since then 😅

[real gale]

Yes, all the changes are ready, just one final test before the PR 🥲

[real gale]

I've opened the PR!
Tested everything works properly on Windows. You can find the test release here ||Praying nothing breaks in the main branch||

[frank quest]

Hi @real gale ,Are we having the weekly meet today?

[crude prism]

@frank quest You are now level 8! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

Yes!

[real gale]

Hey everyone, we'll be having a quick sync meet today at 11:30pm IST in #1345795402682859561

[real gale]

Hi,
Sorry for the short notice, but the sync meet scheduled for today has to be postponed for tomorrow. We’ll share the updated timing soon.

[marsh idol]

@real gale

Can you check if your timline is now 20 weeks?

On GSoC dashboard?

[real gale]

22 weeks it says

[marsh idol]

Oh

Is it fine? Or should I ask Bruno to reduce it?

[real gale]

I meannnnnn
Doesn't hurt to have two extra weeks just in case 😅

It's fine

[frank quest]

Hi @real gale ,
just a heads up, while testing the release on windows, I noticed that the pictopy server binary sometimes keeps running even after the app is closed.
It seems pretty random right now, but I’m trying to get to the root cause.
||To reproduce: keep an eye on the Task Manager after closing the app and check if the server process is still alive.||

[marsh idol]

Let's meet at 9 PM @real gale @frank quest

[real gale]

Right, I do remember witnessing this, and it completely slipped off my mind. The highest possibility maps back to PR#1009. I made sure my changes didn’t touch anything related to the Tauri sidecar plugin PR though. Will need to investigate this further. Thanks for the ping

[supple zealot]

There's a problem from my side, ig, can't allow mic on mobile for discord.

[supple zealot]

@marsh idol @real gale

even left and rejoined

and can't even connect to stream via browser

[marsh idol]

Ohh

[supple zealot]

But it’s better not to squash, for debugging, it’ll be easier to pinpoint exactly where things went wrong from upstream instead of forks for collaborators.

Some more things I noticed:

For Linux targets, we should go with Flatpak instead of .deb.

Also, this might be a bit naive since I was disconnected for some time: Are we planning to completely get rid of the DB, since we’re storing processed info as metadata or in the file itself? I think that would be a good move, and we could just have a memory cache created in detached mode when the app starts for faster access than the current DB.

[marsh idol]

pre-commit run --config ../.pre-commit-config.yaml --all-files

[marsh idol]

@real gale
Please update the meeting notes.

[crude prism]

@marsh idol You are now level 37! :confetti_ball:

[marsh idol]

https://tenor.com/view/bilizz-gif-16660729688486425416

[marsh idol]

The meeting resources are in the pinned messages. If anyone wants to have a look, they can.

[real gale]

@marsh idol I’ve updated the PR with yesterday’s discussed changes. The merge is good to go now! :)

[marsh idol]

I have rebased and merged

[distant thorn]

where this is showing?

[distant thorn]

woof this issue still exist

[marsh idol]

Go to you project details and see the deadlines for mid and final evals

[frank quest]

hey @real gale
Can you please help me to identify the cause of why this is happening, I saw you had similar failures in your workflow runs as well

[real gale]

Can you open one of the failed jobs and show the error there?

[frank quest]

this is for the windows publishing

you can find entire run summary here
https://github.com/akshajtiwari/PictoPy/actions/runs/25848146502

[real gale]

Ah missing key. The build and release workflow contains a signed secret key requirement that you’ll need to remove for testing purposes for the time being in your fork. This signed key can only be provided in the official repo.

Just remove the secret key line from the workflow, that is the work round.

[frank quest]

I commented out the secrets line but the error still persists
new workflow run logs at https://github.com/akshajtiwari/PictoPy/actions/runs/25861162823

[crude prism]

@frank quest You are now level 10! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

You've corrected commented the private keys, also change createUpdaterArtifacts to false like in the image below

And in case you see a "releaseName" not set but required to create release. error, you might also need to add releaseName: ${{ github.event.release.name || github.event.inputs.tag }} in .github/workflows/build-and-release.yml

[frank quest]

Finally!!!... Had to follow all steps including the releaseName step, and finally got a release.
Thank you Rohan for your help for this issue

[real gale]

Anytime Akshaj!

[marsh idol]

@real gale have you created the builds for the release after your PR was merged?

[real gale]

No, not yet. I wanted to first confirm all the database migration related changes so we don’t run into any migration issues in future releases.

[marsh idol]

ok

please let me know the approach for this in tomorrow's meet.

[supple zealot]

Note that we need to find a way to identify corrupted EXIF/metadata so that those files are reprocessed instead of getting skipped.

Given we are removing the db

[marsh idol]

As discussed in the last meet, we will meet on 21st.

[kindred shale]

Hey Rahul , I made a couple of contributions for Pictopy a while back right around the GSoC rush. I know the codebase has moved forward a lot since then, but I’m still very keen on contributing to the project so
I wanted to ask, is development for Pictopy currently reserved strictly for the selected GSoC contributors right now, or are non-GSoC community members welcome to pick up tasks and submit PRs?

[tall bone]

Hey, @marsh idol @real gale I would recommend that you review my PRs done in the contribution phase, as they will soon have merge conflicts and all

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/967
http://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/990

[crude prism]

@tall bone You are now level 17! :confetti_ball:

[tall bone]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1269

[marsh idol]

Let's keep the meet tomorrow, I am a little busy today due to work.

[frank quest]

Meanwhile, @real gale .. are you working on writing tests for the new api's, since you mentioned the tests needs to be written?
If not I can volunteer in it , as per your permissions and your proposal rules

[marsh idol]

If Rohan is working on something else, then please take it up. It will be a great help.

[real gale]

Yes, you can definitely take it up.

Here’s a list of the API calls currently integrated with the new model additions. This should give you a clearer overview of the available APIs and their implementation details for covering the main tests and possible edge cases. Just download the file and import it into your preferred API testing tool.

Since Postman’s suddently become restrictive with their new pricings, I ended up building these tests in Hoppscotch after discussing with Rahul. Unfortunately, Hoppscotch doesn’t currently support generating a shareable web link for an entire request collection, so we’ll probably need to explore a better free and open-source alternative for sharing and collaboration.

Please open an issue so that I can assign it to you

[frank quest]

Sure we will,
A part to be upfront, writing tests is a learning opportunity for me , I will although make sure I align with all the rules and guidelines, but I hope you’ll be patient with me if I come up with a few silly questions along the way.

[frank quest]

absolutely, I'll do it soon and ping you once created!

[real gale]

Feel free to ask anything 😄

[kindred shale]

@marsh wyvern Sorry for posting it in the wrong group , so I'll post it here too as requested
To be honest, it’s been a little disheartening on my side because I’ve been trying to contribute to Pictopy for about a month now, but I haven’t really been getting responses regarding issue assignments on GitHub, and I haven’t gotten replies in the project Discord channel either. I also had a PR for an issue I created closed, so I’m a bit confused about the preferred process for contributors there.
Is there somewhere better I should ask before starting work on issues?

[real gale]

Hi @kindred shale, I'm sorry if the experience felt confusing.
Just to clarify a few things regarding the workflow for contributions:

• Non GSoC contributors are absolutely welcome to contribute.
• However, we do follow an issue-assignment workflow before PRs are opened, mainly to avoid duplicate work and overlapping/unplanned implementations.
• There’s also an automated comment posted on newly opened issues requesting contributors to wait for assignment/reviewer confirmation before opening a PR.

From what I can see, the PRs that were closed earlier were opened before assignment/approval, which is why the triage team closed them at the time. 🫠

[real gale]

I’ve reviewed your earlier contributions and have addressed + merged the ones worth merging.

For the remaining two:

1. One of them won’t be moving forward because it conflicts with the planned GSoC 2026 implementation.
2. The other issue will be assigned to the original issue author as per the project rules.

[real gale]

Hi Amrit, I’m unable to reproduce the issue. The steps mentioned are leading to a completely different error on my end 🫠

[real gale]

Hi @wild rampart, I recently merged one of your PRs about Potential Duplicate Issue Matching and Commenting. I noticed that it’s currently identifying the newly created issue itself as a duplicate and also adding the possible-duplicate label to it.

Could you update the logic so the “New issue” isn’t included in the semantic matching process and open a new PR for it?

[eternal solstice]

@wild rampart Hi, can I work on this issue?

[wild rampart]

Yeah, if you know the context and requirements then go ahead, raise issue and pr for that

[eternal solstice]

sure

[marsh idol]

Let's keep the meet at 8:30pm.
Is it fine @supple zealot @real gale @frank quest ?

[real gale]

Can we do 9:30?

[marsh idol]

I am occupied with something else 😕

[frank quest]

A little rushed but I can take it .... However late night might work as well .. if it suites you

[marsh idol]

Let's do one thing, on weekends i am mostly with my friends during the night. Is it fine if we schedule the call in the evening? Like 5-6 pm?

If so lets meet tomorrow at 5:30 pm

[frank quest]

That's fine for me .. I can do today at 8:30 too although

[real gale]

Let’s keep it for 8:30 today instead😅 ||5pm+ is exercise time🥹||

[kindred shale]

Thanks a ton for taking the time to review and merge the contributions. Really appreciate it 🫶.

[real gale]

Today’s meeting summary has been updated in the Google Docs file and can be found in the pinned messages.

[marsh idol]

@frank quest please ask Bruno about the AUR publishing

Also if you want you can take up old PRs and resolve conflicts in your branch and then make another PR.

[supple zealot]

sorry I was busy

[supple zealot]

For Linux

In my opinion, anything outside of flatpak is not worth it. Users prefer it because flatpaks can be centrally managed, unlike appimages.

Specifically, packaging for different repos/distros just adds up more maintenance costs.

So, I think publishing on flathub.org would be a better milestone.

[frank quest]

Hi @supple zealot sir ,
I do think Flathub is definitely worth it and we should pursue on working for it ,
But at the same time I think we can be more flexible so that we are able to provide the easiest ways of setting up the application at the user's end.
Tauri already gives us multiple distribution options, so I think adding an AUR package on top of that has very low additional maintenance cost ||(a PKGBUILD is ~20 lines of initial working code and version bumps ).||
Also in my own personal opjnion , experience along with the feedback from a few discussions as well , a majority of people on specifically arch based distros prefer downloading ftom AUR/pacman than using flatpak.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on this sir.

[frank quest]

Yes, I’d be glad to clean up the long overdue pending PRs in the repository. I’ll aim to contribute at least 2 PRs per week as part of this initiative.

[frank quest]

before we go on finalizing this distribution and calling in sir bruno, I think it's better that first all the mentors are agreeing on this and the PKGBUILD is working too for everyone.
Thus I will wait for confirmation from Rituraj sir before moving forward on this.

[frank quest]

Hello PictoPy community,
I’m happy to share that PictoPy can now be built and used on Arch-based distributions as well! 🎉
Thus, I would like all of you who use Arch based distributions, to come forward and test the PKGBUILD on your devices as well.
So that we are completely sure that it can be put into officially rolled as release by the admins.
Installation Steps:

1. Download both of these files attached (PKGBUILD and pictopy-bin.install) into the same directory
2. From inside that directory run the command makepkg -si
3. There will be a confirmation prompt once the file is downloaded, select Yes on that.
   That’s it, if everything works correctly installation should now be complete!

Your feedback is really valuable to us. If you run into any issues or have suggestions, please don’t hesitate to share them. We’ll be happy to help and improve the experience together.
Thanks in advance for your support! 🙌
@distant thorn , I would request you as well to please come and give your feedback on this.

[supple zealot]

Anyone can definitely maintain it voluntarily, which is what AUR is for.

No need to wait for my confirmation, as I might be unavailable

Its just universal packaging should be the first official priority.

[frank quest]

I totally understand your concern and motive here sir, and I am sure we will plan for Flatpak support as an official priority in the upcoming stages.

Hey @marsh wyvern , hope you're doing well! 👋
I am glad to let you know that after my recent PR merge, PictoPy can now be successfully distributed on Arch based Linux distributions as well. However to go in production it requires some initial steps.

I've built a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically publishes PictoPy to AUR whenever a new release goes out. I just need some help with the setup before it can actually run.
To push to AUR, the workflow needs to authenticate with an AUR account. That means we need an AUR account that owns the pictopy-bin package, and we need to store its credentials as GitHub secrets so the workflow can use them.

The pictopy-bin package already exists on AUR but has no maintainer right now:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pictopy-bin
There are 2 ways i think we can go about this:

[marsh idol]

@real gale Can you look into how we can distribute using flatpak. We can distribute it from the upcoming release.

[frank quest]

Option 1 — You can handle the setup

Here's what needs to be done:

1. Create an AUR account: https://aur.archlinux.org/register
2. Go to https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pictopy-bin and adopt package,this makes us the owner of PictoPy on AUR
3. Generate an SSH key pair and register it on the AUR account full steps here: ||https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Authentication||
4. Add the following secrets to the PictoPy GitHub repo:
   • AUR_USERNAME → the AUR account username
   • AUR_EMAIL → the AUR account email
   • AUR_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY → the private key generated in step 3
     That's it ! the workflow will handle everything from there automatically.

Option 2 — I handle the setup and transfer ownership later
I can do all of it myself first:

1. I adopt the package under my own AUR account
2. I set up the credentials and get the workflow running and tested on my fork
3. Once it's verified working, you can create an AUR account
4. I transfer ownership of the package to that account
5. You generate a new ssh key pair, add it to your AUR account, and updates the 3 GitHub secrets their own credentials
   The only thing you'd need to do in this option is step 5 at the end

Let me know what you think on this sir !!

[real gale]

Okay

[real gale]

@marsh idol bhaiya was the check for updates feature working in the prior release?

[marsh idol]

Yes

[real gale]

Okay, it checks for the latest release on GitHub releases?

[real gale]

@marsh idol Can I add a new GlobalAlert for small/lightweight user notifications, for in the case of the upcoming quality gate in the Adaptive Density-Aware Face Clustering issue, or should I prioritize the existing InfoDialog implementation first?

Because the system will be skipping those faces that lie below a certain clarity threshold of images, so that FaceNet does not hallucinate. PFA the flow for reference:

[crude prism]

@real gale You are now level 28! :confetti_ball:

[marsh idol]

yes

[marsh idol]

What do we want to notify user about?

I did not get that

[real gale]

So once the system skips X images due to poor quality, it would essentially notify the user that “X images were skipped during clustering.”

This step is not strictly required... we could also keep the rejected images silent. But if we do decide to inform the user, though I personally don’t think it’s significant enough to warrant a full screen InfoDialog popup.

[marsh idol]

Yes, correct. Something like a toast message would be better. Create a reusable component for that.

[real gale]

Yesss
https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/components/radix/alert#custom-colors it is

[marsh idol]

Yes

[uneven crystal]

@real gale I have opened the PR for the issue #1277 (README improvements).
Here is the Link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1281

[real gale]

Please attend to the linting errors

[distant thorn]

wow

finally

great job akshaj

[distant thorn]

i'll test it tomorrow and give you feedback

[uneven crystal]

Done, fixed the linting errors and pushed the updated commit.

[frank quest]

Thank you so much Tushar 😄

[frank quest]

@real gale , I was fixing some silly bug in my previous PR when I ran the command npx prettier . --write from the root of the repository and it formatted a lot of files say around 13-14 , is it worth a PR or should I cancel those changes?

[crude prism]

@frank quest You are now level 12! :confetti_ball:

[frank quest]

These are all the files it modified

[real gale]

I mean, if they are all valid formattings then it’s definitely welcome

[tall bone]

Hey @real gale since v1.1.0 is released, can you update this https://aossie.org/projects/pictopy for pictopy.

[uneven crystal]

Hey, @real gale I've opened a PR for issue #1280 (Navbar layout fix for long user names).
Here's the link:https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1286

[still fulcrum]

Hey @real gale I've submitted a PR for issue #994 (validation error in onboarding folder selection). Here's the link: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1287

[real gale]

Hi
Yes, okay, thanks for the ping. I'll do so asap

[real gale]

Additionally, @tall bone, could you re-abbreviate on this error?

So that I can merge the PR soon?

[real gale]

Hi Rishi, we follow a “get the issue assigned first, then open a PR” workflow here. It would’ve been better if you had first requested assignment on the issue before working on it. Please make sure to follow this from the next time.

[still fulcrum]

Okay so sorry
I will take care from next time

[frank quest]

Hi @real gale ,
3 PRs of mine are ready for review. I would request you to please take some time to review them accordingly.
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1291

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1285

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1284

[tall bone]

What error are you getting ?

[real gale]

Hey guys, does anywhere here operate on a MacOS?

[distant thorn]

rahul

[real gale]

I need help testing an upcoming implementation for PictoPy aarch64 builds. It‘d be difficult for him to actively participate in this testing on weekdays.

[sick yarrow]

what will I need to do?

[real gale]

In one of the latest PRs, we implemented the AI model-based app size optimization feature, which recommends models based on the user’s hardware configuration.

We first checked for GPU availability and fell back to RAM size in case no dedicated GPU was detected. But MacOS doesn't expose GPUs in the same way.

So, Rahul suggested improving model recommendations for Apple Silicon devices by

• Detecting processor type (M1, M3 Pro, M4 Pro, etc.)
• Recommending stronger models for higher-end Apple chips even without dedicated GPUs.

I’ve implemented this enhancement and opened a separate branch for it, you may access it here.

I simply need help in testing whether Apple's chips (M1/M2/Pro or Max variants) are getting detected correctly for MacOS,
and that the application is recommending appropriate AI models based on the detected chip

After cloning the repo:

# Add my fork as a remote
git remote add rohan https://github.com/rohan-pandeyy/PictoPy.git

# Fetch branches from my fork
git fetch rohan

# Switch to the feature branch
git checkout -b feat/model-tier-recommendation-for-apple-silicon rohan/feat/model-tier-recommendation-for-apple-silicon

Kindly ping me if you walk into any issues while setting up or testing.

[jaunty smelt]

Hey @real gale , I also have a mac. Let me know if you want me to test as well!

[real gale]

Yup, everyone’s welcome! More machines mean we cover a wider range of chipsets
Please refer to the message above for a quick overview of the goal #1311271974630330388 message

[silk dawn]

@real gale i need to test the frontend and backend right? as per the documentation?

[real gale]

The testing is majorly about the forth step of onboarding

The fourth on boarding step install the models.

[silk dawn]

i did it till here

[crude prism]

@silk dawn You are now level 9! :confetti_ball:

[real gale]

After cloning the repository, run the backend, the sync microservices, and frontend in three different terminals.

When you reach the fourth onboarding page, could you please share a screenshot?

[silk dawn]

alright

just to be sure, are you talking about this?

[real gale]

Yes, you can follow the set up guides as well.

[silk dawn]

alright

@real gale

i use M4 air btw, i think it is recommending me stronger models

[real gale]

Are you on the feat/ai-model-tier-for-apple-silicon branch on my fork?

[silk dawn]

yes

i am

[real gale]

yeah, currently, it is only taking in two consideration, the RAM size
It shouldn’t show “no dedicated GPU” instead, it should show “M4”

[silk dawn]

ohh okay

[real gale]

I’ll look into it, thank you

[silk dawn]

yepp , no problem , let me know if u need any other help!

[real gale]

Please pull the most recent commit from the branch and test again as per your convenience

[silk dawn]

Alrightt, will do it and let you know

[crude prism]

@silk dawn You are now level 10! :confetti_ball:

[supple zealot]

I think this will bottleneck the dev phase if someone else is developing while someone else is testing.

What if Rohan only focuses on x86 for now, and someone else with an M‑series device finds the solution for detecting the M variant or whichever other platform‑related info is needed, separately as a module per requirement, and we just import from it?

Also, wouldn’t it be simpler to have a static recommendation with a spec hint and let the user choose? For dynamic recommendations, we’d need to keep up with proprietary standard changes and upcoming chips. Just a thought

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[real gale]

I do understand the presence of bottleneck😅 I’ll need to work up a better way of working on aarch64

A static fallback is in place though. the recommendation is there so that it pre selects the model correctly in the dropdown but the user can always change it freely before confirming. So even if the chip detection is wrong for an edge case, the user has the final say

[supple zealot]

got it

[real gale]

As for* the dynamic recommendation system and to keep up with upcoming chips, I have implemented the functionality such that base M1 and M2 models are recommended the small variant while chips which are pro or max or above M2 (M3, M4, and so on) will always return to the medium variant of YOLO.

This… I implemented… considering the fact that from now onwards, chips would only get stronger and they‘d easily be able to process the medium variant.

Soo:
The M1/M2 base -> small, everything else (apple silicon) -> medium

[silk dawn]

I did , but is there any option to log out of the account ? Cuz I dont get the dashboard page

It is saved in the cache or localstorage , ill try to clear it

I pulled the changes from github

I tried clearing the localstorage , i get the on boarding now , but i the page 4 is skipped , after page 3 it directly loads the dashboard :(

[frank quest]

Delete the downloaded models, it should probably take you to that page as well

[silk dawn]

Alrightt

@real gale

[real gale]

Perfect

Thank you for your time @silk dawn
And thanks for covering up for me @frank quest

[sick yarrow]

@real gale do you still need me to test pictopy? or you got what you needed?

[real gale]

Yes, you can still test it out, share the screenshot of the 4th step in the onboarding step

[real gale]

Hey @marsh idol, could you please take a look at these frontend test suites and merge the PR when convenient later today?
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1056
The PR adds 6 component level tests and 2 page level tests, covering both smoke and sanity testing. Merging it will unblock the upcoming frontend changes and the addition of their corresponding test suites as well.

[real gale]

Hi y’all,
This is a reminder for the weekly sync meeting, happening today at 2:30 PM IST in #1345795402682859561

[real gale]

Hi @narrow tendon can you please join this meeting, let's discuss the Face Name, Date, and Event Search PR #579

[marsh idol]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/817
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/issues/942

This issue is open for contributions. If someone wants to work on it, please comment below it.

[real gale]

https://pyrefly.org/

https://astral.sh/blog/ty

[obtuse hatch]

@marsh idol Hi, I would like to work on this issue. Could you please assign it to me?

[marsh idol]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1116

@obtuse hatch I think this PR already has the required code for issue 942, so you can just take the code from there and open your own PR. because this PR has merge conflicts.

wait

I think akshaj has already resolved the conflicts

[frank quest]

Yes I did !!

[marsh idol]

so @obtuse hatch please only work on the issue 817

[obtuse hatch]

Okay

[narrow tendon]

sry rohan i was busy at that time

but i can talk with you whenever you are free in discord

[real gale]

No worries

[real gale]

Let's have a meeting tomorrow at 11:30am

Let me know if that's okay with you

[uneven crystal]

https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1303
@real gale I have created the PR for the issue #1288

[obtuse hatch]

@real gale the pr for issue #817: https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1301 I'd appreciate any feedback

[real gale]

cc/ @marsh idol @supple zealot

[marsh wyvern]

@real gale @marsh idol @supple zealot , note that the example screenshots are saying "Person abc & Person de", but the search results seem to be showing an or of both persons...

An "and" should show only photos that contain both faces. An "or" should show photos that contain any face.

In principle, we could consider any boolean expression when filtering.

For example: "(Alice and Bob) or Charlie"

[real gale]

Great catch!

Yes, the "only photos that contain both faces" functionality is actually next on the roadmap, I'll definitely keep the AND vs OR distinction in mind when that gets implemented.

[real gale]

"Any (or)" and "And" respectively. I hope I interpreted it correctly

cc/ @marsh idol

[marsh wyvern]

The images did not load for me.

[real gale]

Hey Umang, I've left a review in the PR. Please check it out

[real gale]

Hi Govind, can you please join our Saturday weekly meetings and demo this PR there?

[uneven crystal]

Ok @real gale

[obtuse hatch]

@real gale Yes I can join the meeting

[obtuse hatch]

@real gale what is the time of the meeting??

[marsh idol]

@real gale

Did you research about the flatpak packaging?

[real gale]

Yes

I was able to package tauri into flatpak, but we might run into some difficulty with tauri sidecar, filesystem, model related compatibility

[real gale]

https://discord.gg/ZMaSzWcT?event=1507411392523931871

[real gale]

Reminder for everyone interested

[marsh idol]

@real gale
https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/PictoPy/pull/1290

please resolve conflicts

[marsh idol]

I might get late by 5mins

[real gale]

Today’s meeting summary has been updated, and can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oXqOa1Oy77B-EnFZBwJdtVRfB4cNq7gfMjtjxCFUB3I?tab=t.y6emkdfqmru0
Thank you for attending!

[real gale]

@marsh idol, your concern regarding the Chronological view and Ranked view in Multi person search was very valid... something I mistakenly overlooked.
The gallery's date grouping overwrites the ranking system, and a weaker match from a newer date floats above a stronger match from an older date. The ranking system only had any effect when two matched photos happen to fall in the same month... which was the case with the dataset I was testing it with, so this ended up slipping through the gaps ||💔||

I'm a bit torn between which behavior should be taken up...
Should the Chronological view continue to prioritize date grouping, or vice versa?

ie should the ranking score take precedence, regardless of when the photo was taken?

[real gale]

v5!
https://opencv.org/opencv-5/

[real gale]

@marsh idol Here's how it looks when a user clicks on "Recluster Faces" and X number of embeddings are currupted.

[marsh idol]

I think there should be a checkbox/toggle to enable date based grouping

until then,just display sorted results

and in the date based grouping, they should be sorted according to the ranks inside a particular month