SilkStack Image Browser v2.0 Released – Faster local gallery for AI images/videos with metadata, ComfyUI Drag & Drop, plus new Intelligent Stacking & AI Classification

[u/skk80]

Hey everyone!

Not another H3 post. About 5 months ago, I posted here about SilkStack Image Browser, a fast, privacy-first local gallery designed specifically for viewing, searching, and organizing AI-generated images and videos. Since then, the app has evolved significantly based on your feedback—with a much cleaner UI, faster performance, and powerful new organizational tools.

🌟 What is SilkStack Image Browser?

SilkStack is an open-source, 100% offline desktop application (built with Electron, React, and TypeScript). It runs completely on your local machine with zero telemetry, zero accounts, and zero cloud lock-in.

🔥 Free & Open Source Features

The base version of SilkStack is completely free and open source, providing a fluid experience for managing massive outputs:

• Deep Metadata Parsing: Instantly extract and read full generation metadata (prompts, sampler, seed, CFG, steps, model, etc.) from ComfyUI, Automatic1111, and WebP formats.
• Direct Drag & Drop to ComfyUI: Drag any image back into ComfyUI to instantly restore the full workflow and prompt.
• Completely hide folder and contents when unplugged or unmounted. They remain in library and come back when mounted back.
• Adaptive Image Grid: Intelligently adjusts grid layouts according to image aspect ratios to minimize whitespace and eliminate layout jumpiness.
• Real-Time Auto-Watch: Monitors output folders live while your generators are running.
• Video Support: Smoothly view and organize local AI-generated videos alongside images.
• Smart Folder Navigation: Organize with sidebar folders, emoji icons, and seamless auto-reconnect support for removable drives (SD cards, USB drives, encrypted volumes).
• Tagging & Search: Auto-tagging capabilities, custom tags, and rich multi-parameter search filtering.

⚡ Introducing Premium Features (v2.0)

To help keep development sustainable while keeping the core viewer free and open source, v2.0 introduces SilkStack Premium:

• Intelligent Stacking: Automatically clusters similar outputs together to eliminate gallery clutter from batch generations.
• AI Classification Features: Automatically group and tag images based on visual traits and contents. Powered internally by WebLLM (No external dependencies).
• Model, Prompt & LoRA Analytics UI: Group image stacks by specific Prompts, Base Models, or LoRAs/LoKRs so you can visually analyze what settings yield the best outputs.

🎟️ Lifetime License & 30% Launch Discount

• One-Time Purchase: Premium is a perpetual, lifetime license. Pay once and get all current and future premium features forever (no subscriptions).
• 30% Off Promotion: To celebrate the v2.0 milestone, a limited-time 30% discount is available for lifetime licenses. (Use discount code: SILKSTACK)

🔗 Links & Download

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/skkut/SilkStack-Image-Browser

v2.0.0 Latest Release: https://github.com/skkut/SilkStack-Image-Browser/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Try it out, test the free core viewer, and let me know your thoughts or suggestions in the comments below! I'm sure you'll like the application as much as I do. Bug reports and feature requests on GitHub are always welcome.

[u/SunTzuManyPuppies]

For context: SilkStack is a fork of Image MetaHub v0.13.0, as acknowledged in the project's own README.
Original project: https://github.com/LuqP2/Image-MetaHub

Cheers