# SOOTY for Mac

Canonical page: https://macbase.app/apps/sooty

> Local asset manager with AI image search

- Price: $39, after a 14-day free trial
- Requires: macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Russian
- Apple silicon: runs natively
- Notarized by Apple: yes
- Works offline: yes
- Verified on MacBase: yes
- Developer: Erian
- Categories: [Design & Graphics](https://macbase.app/categories/design-graphics), [Photography](https://macbase.app/categories/photography), [File Management](https://macbase.app/categories/file-management)

## Deal for MacBase members

20% off. The code is on the MacBase page for anyone signed in with a free account.

## About

SOOTY is a local asset manager for designers who need to browse, organize, and search large libraries on Mac. It opens collections quickly, supports images, RAW photos, video, audio, fonts, documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, Markdown, code, and 3D models, and can import Eagle folders, tags, ratings, and notes.

On-device AI searches images by description, recognizes text, suggests tags, and can find similar images while working offline. Combined filters cover color, tags, formats, folders, ratings, dimensions, dates, and metadata. Libraries remain ordinary folders with readable metadata.json files, and plugins, MCP tools, a local API, browser saving, and undoable changes extend the workflow.

## An alternative to

- [Adobe Lightroom](https://macbase.app/alternatives/adobe-lightroom): 2 alternatives on MacBase
- [Capture One](https://macbase.app/alternatives/capture-one): 2 alternatives on MacBase
- [XnView MP](https://macbase.app/alternatives/xnview-mp): 1 alternative on MacBase
- [Eagle](https://macbase.app/alternatives/eagle): 3 alternatives on MacBase

## Get it

- Download: https://sooty.app/#download
- Website: https://sooty.app/?ref=macbase

Listed by [Erian](https://macbase.app/@oopserian).

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