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The offline photo organizer and photo/video editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. Version 2.4.21, released September 21, 2026. Free to use up to 500 photos — no account, no card, no trial clock.
Desktop Application
Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Start with the free tier — upgrade whenever you're ready.
Mobile Companion
Back up and browse your photos from your phone. Pairs with your desktop library over LAN.
The Pluto Companion app is in final testing. The Google Play listing goes live shortly — the desktop app is available now.
Host your own private photo library on a NAS, Raspberry Pi, or home server — browse and manage your entire collection from any device's web browser.
example.env → .env, set your photo path + passworddocker compose up -dNative Arch Linux package via the AUR. Installs as a system application with automatic updates through your AUR helper — no Flatpak, Snap, or AppImage needed. View on AUR →
yay -S pluto-photos-binRun the installer and follow the prompts. It offers a per-user install or an install for all users; the all-users option puts the AI model files in a machine-wide folder so every account on the PC shares one copy.
Download Pluto Photos for Windows More about the photo organizer for WindowsOpen the .dmg and drag Pluto Photos into Applications. Because a .dmg has no install step, the AI model files download quietly in the background on first launch — give it a few minutes on a new machine before the AI tools are ready.
Download Pluto Photos for macOS (Apple Silicon) More about the photo organizer for macOSOn Debian, Ubuntu and Mint, install the .deb with: sudo apt install ./pluto-photos_VERSION_amd64.deb — it registers the launcher and file types, and fetches the AI model files from its post-install step. The AppImage is the portable option for every other distribution: mark it executable and run it, with no extra packages needed. Arch users can install pluto-photos-bin from the AUR.
Download Pluto Photos for Linux More about the photo organizer for LinuxThe download is the same file either way — there is no separate trial build. Installed and unlicensed, Pluto Photos runs as the free tier: one library of up to 500 photos, with tags, ratings, albums and export. Entering a Pro key in the app unlocks unlimited photos, both editors, and every AI feature. Pro is a one-time $29 purchase, not a subscription.
Check the system requirements if you are unsure whether your machine qualifies — the short version is a 64-bit machine running Windows 10 or 11, macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon, or any modern Linux. There is no dedicated-GPU requirement; the AI models are sized to run on CPU.
The app also downloads its AI model files separately from the installer, once, after installation. That is why the installer is a few hundred megabytes rather than a gigabyte, and it is why the AI tools can be briefly unavailable on a brand-new install while the files arrive in the background. Everything else works immediately.
The supported formats page lists every image, RAW, video and metadata format the app reads, so you can check your camera's files before importing anything.
If you are moving off a cloud service, install first and read the Google Photos migration guide second — the Google Takeout organizer reads the sidecar JSON files Google exports, so your original capture dates survive the move instead of collapsing to the day you downloaded the archive.
Pluto Photos can also serve your library to other devices on your own network, and there is a Docker image for running it headless on a NAS. Both are covered on the Linux photo organizer page and in the companion browser feature documentation.
Version 2.4.21 shipped on September 21, 2026. The release notes list what is new in each version, and updates are free for the lifetime of the licence — there is no upgrade fee between versions.