Rclip
Rclip is a free, open-source image editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. Grep for images – local, offline image search for the terminal. It has 1,027 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at yurijmikhalevich/rclip.
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About Rclip
[[Blog]]( [[Demo on YouTube]]( [[Paper]]( Search any folder by what its images contain. Use natural language, an example image, or both – without tagging, uploading, or importing your files into a photo library.
Install Rclip
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Is Rclip free and open source?
Yes. Rclip's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Rclip?
Snap: snap install rclip. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v4.0.8).
Is Rclip still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 21, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.