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Automatic tagging with locally running LLM like Ollama

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Description

Describe the solution you'd like

Usually I use tagging very rarely. Mostly only for panoramas and Timelapses.

However sometimes it would be very handy to find pictures quick.

There is LR-Genius and they work also with Ollama as LLM, which can run locally and use this to generate tags and picture descriptions

Such an local-AI-based auto-tagging tool could be nice for dt as well.

Alternatives

I have heard on IRC, that there was something called photilis. I never came across this and donno whether reactivating and binding to AI would be a thing

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by locating darktable’s existing tagging workflow and reviewing how the proposed Ollama integration could connect to it. Consider the mentioned photilis alternative, and define completion as locally running AI generating usable picture tags and descriptions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ollama
Domain
ai, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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