v1.0.33
LocalLens Agent v1.0.33
Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.
LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.
✨ Highlights
- Pro licenses can now be subscriptions as well as one-time purchases — they renew automatically, and a 14-day offline grace period means a failed renewal check never locks you out mid-trip.
- License terms and default config no longer point at the dead locallens.app domain.
- Upgrade prompts in the tray, README and in-chat help updated for the new pricing model — no longer claim "no subscription" and no longer list Smart Album Suggestions.
🔧 What Changed
Added
- Pro licenses can now be subscriptions as well as one-time purchases — they renew automatically, and a 14-day offline grace period means a failed renewal check never locks you out mid-trip.
Fixed
- License terms and default config no longer point at the dead locallens.app domain.
Changed
- Upgrade prompts in the tray, README and in-chat help updated for the new pricing model — no longer claim "no subscription" and no longer list Smart Album Suggestions.
📦 Install
macOS — Homebrew (recommended)
brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agentHomebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.
macOS — DMG
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Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications
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Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:
Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:
xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"
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Launch from Applications — the
LLicon appears in your menu bar
Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.
Windows
- Download
locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe - Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
- The tray icon appears in your notification area
MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)
For running the MCP server without the tray app:
# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claudeOn Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.
⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?
Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.
Homebrew users can instead run:
brew upgrade --cask locallens-agentInstalled from source or pip?
pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.
🔑 Free vs Pro
Free is a complete photo organizer, not a trial.
| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Sort by Date | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sort by Location | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sort by People (face recognition) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Find & Group — including by person | ✅ | ✅ |
| See who is enrolled | ✅ | ✅ |
| Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats | ✅ | ✅ |
| Batch face enrollment | — | ✅ |
| Duplicate detection & cleanup | — | ✅ |
| Export reports | — | ✅ |
| Scheduled auto-organize & active folders | — | ✅ |
Upgrade from the tray menu → Plan, or see current plans and pricing at locallensmcp.vercel.app.
Already have a key? Ask Claude: "activate my pro license".
📥 All downloads
| Platform | File | Type |
|---|---|---|
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | locallens-agent-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.dmg | Menu Bar App |
| Windows (x64) | locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe | Installer |
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.zip | MCP Binary |
| Windows (x64) | locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64.zip | MCP Binary |
| Linux (x64) | locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | MCP Binary |
🚀 Getting started
- Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
- Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
- Restart Claude Desktop
- Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"
Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.
🔗 Links
Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.
🔐 Verify your download
Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.
| Asset | SHA256 |
|---|---|
locallens-agent-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.dmg |
a9c74a07ba560ab3f3929010fa841e3739a8ed5cf8a97faab6cf8a84db667ae3 |
locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe |
124f61221e6c352ec620fe5273b5cba84f274969800b383111438dc5c73c6b0c |
shasum -a 256 <file> # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256 # Windows