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@ablakateam ablakateam released this 09 May 16:40
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PICAZHU for Windows 0.1.0 Alpha

First Windows alpha release for controlled testing.

PICAZHU is a local-first visual media browser for Windows. It indexes real folders on your PC, generates thumbnails, extracts metadata, supports HEIC fallback decoding, imports original iPhone camera media, and provides optional AI-assisted tagging/search workflows.

Downloads

Recommended install:

  • PICAZHU-Windows-Setup-0.1.0-alpha.exe

Portable/testing option:

  • PICAZHU-Windows-portable-0.1.0-alpha.zip

Verification:

  • SHA256SUMS.txt

Security And Trust

The 0.1.0-alpha installer is unsigned. Windows may show an Unknown publisher or SmartScreen warning until PICAZHU is signed with an OV/EV code-signing certificate.

For this release:

  • Verify downloads against SHA256SUMS.txt.
  • Scan the installer or portable zip with your antivirus before installing if your environment requires it.
  • The published installer and portable zip were scanned locally with Microsoft Defender on May 9, 2026, and Defender reported no threats.

Antivirus scans are a useful distribution check, but they are not a substitute for code signing. A signed installer is still required for a stronger public trust signal.

Requirements

  • Windows 10/11 x64.
  • .NET 8 Desktop Runtime may be required for this framework-dependent alpha build.
  • Optional: LM Studio with a vision-capable model for AI tagging.
  • Optional: USB-connected, unlocked, trusted iPhone for iPhone import.

Included In This Alpha

  • Premium Windows WPF shell with responsive media-first layout.
  • Folder-first browsing with recursive subfolder indexing.
  • Virtualized visual media grid for larger libraries.
  • Thumbnail generation and thumbnail progress visibility.
  • HEIC support using native Windows WIC when healthy, with bundled libheif fallback.
  • Image/video preview workflow and metadata/details panel.
  • Multi-select original-file export for printing, sharing, or delivery.
  • iPhone import through Windows portable-device access with visual tile selection.
  • Optional AI runtime gate, off by default for performance.
  • LM Studio local vision-model integration, OCR indexing, and selected-media Tags view.
  • Release scripts, native installer definition, portable zip, and checksums.

Verification Performed

  • Release build succeeded.
  • Automated tests passed: 35/35.
  • Published executable launched and reported responding.
  • Native installer compiled with Inno Setup 6.7.1.
  • Portable zip audit found no .pdb debug files.
  • Microsoft Defender scan found no threats in the installer or portable zip.
  • GitHub source staging audit excluded build output, logs, local databases, screenshots outside docs/, recordings, temp files, and debug symbols.

Known Alpha Notes

  • Installer is currently unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn.
  • This is a pre-release intended for controlled testing, not broad production rollout.
  • Embeddings and hybrid semantic ranking are not complete yet.
  • OpenAI/Ollama inference paths are not at feature parity with LM Studio.
  • Very large iPhone libraries, locked/untrusted phones, iCloud placeholders, and unplug-during-import scenarios need more real-device QA.
  • Broader HEIC corpus validation is still recommended.

Source

The release tag points to the latest alpha source snapshot, including README screenshots and release security notes.

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