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Photo Forge

A fast photo workshop for Mac

Your photos. In one move.

Drop files onto the action wheel and pick convert, crop, compress, watermark, background removal, OCR or scan to PDF. Everything runs locally on your Mac — no account, nothing uploaded.

  • Free
  • No tracking
  • No account
  • Czech + English

Mac · macOS 14 or later · version 1.0 · 4.8 MB

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Photo Forge – home screen with the action wheel on Mac

What it does

Action wheel, workflows and history in one window.

Drop photos, pick an action or workflow, and the result goes to your output folder, originals stay untouched. Overview, shelves and history stay within reach.

Action wheel

Drop photos in the centre and reach for what you need. One gesture instead of hunting through menus.

  • Convert: JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, PDF, ZIP
  • Tools: crop, resize, compress, background, adjust, faces, OCR, scan, watermark
  • Actions: shelves, AirDrop, move, rename, metadata, clipboard
Photo Forge – action wheel with background removal

Workflows

Build your own chain of steps and run it on a batch. The same edit on dozens of photos without repeating yourself.

  • Custom step chains
  • Instagram / YouTube presets
  • Before/after compare
Photo Forge – workflow editor

Watched folders

Add a folder, pick an action or workflow — every new photo is processed for you. The original stays; a notification can say when it’s done.

  • Automatic processing of new photos
  • Access only to folders you choose
  • Notifications can be turned off
Photo Forge – watched folders

Shelves and history

Keep in-progress files on shelves like Finder folders. History shows what happened. Undo your last action: results go to Trash and moved files go back.

  • Shelves = Finder folders
  • Action history
  • Undo your last action: results go to Trash and moved files go back.
Photo Forge – shelves with in-progress files

Private

No analytics, no cloud AI. Vision runs on-device — text, faces and backgrounds stay with you. The app goes online only to check for a new version.

  • Edits run only on your Mac
  • macOS sandbox
  • Originals are never overwritten
Photo Forge – action history

Czech and English

In Settings choose Czech, English or System. The window updates immediately; menu items update after you relaunch the app.

  • Czech
  • English
  • Follow system
Photo Forge – adjustments panel

Details

What it runs on

  • PlatformMac with Apple Silicon or Intel
  • SystemmacOS 14 Sonoma or later
  • PriceFree
  • InstallOpen the downloaded DMG, drag Photo Forge to Applications and launch it. The app is signed and notarized by Apple.
  • UpdatesOnce a day Photo Forge checks this site for a new version and offers it to you. You can turn the check off in Settings → About.

What stays with you

Photo Forge does not collect, transmit or share any of your data. It only sees what you give it.

  • No analytics, ads or tracking
  • Results only in the folder you choose
  • Network only for the update check (can be turned off)
  • Finder service and menu bar icon
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Does Photo Forge help you?

Photo Forge is free to use. If it helps you, you can voluntarily contribute to its further development. A contribution doesn’t unlock any extra features.

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Free, no account, no ads. All you need is a Mac with macOS 14 or later.

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Mac · macOS 14 or later · version 1.0 · 4.8 MB

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