Cull photos online, without the upload

"Online" photo culling usually means waiting for gigabytes to upload before you can rate a single frame. OnlineCull flips that: it is a web page, but your photos never leave your computer. The browser reads the files in place and shows the embedded previews, so a 3,000-photo wedding is browsable in about the time it takes to pour a coffee.

You get the serious-tool workflow: keyboard-first rating, picks and rejects, 1:1 focus check, EXIF and histogram, filters, and an XMP handoff that Lightroom, Bridge and Capture One understand. You skip the serious-tool parts that hurt: the price, the install, and the import step.

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Free. No upload: files are read on your device and never sent anywhere.

How it works

  1. 01

    Open your shoot

    Click "Open a folder" (or drag it in). RAW and JPEG both work; RAW+JPEG pairs collapse into one card each.

  2. 02

    First pass with X

    Fly through with the arrow keys and hit X on the obvious misses: blinks, misfires, test frames. Rejects dim in the grid so you see progress.

  3. 03

    Second pass with stars and P

    Filter to the unrated, open the loupe, use Z to check focus at 1:1, star the strong frames and P the portfolio shots.

  4. 04

    Export

    Press E: write XMP sidecars next to the files, copy picks into a selects folder, or download the list. Your originals are never modified.

FAQ

How is this different from cloud culling services?
Cloud services upload your originals to their servers, which takes hours on a normal connection and raises client-privacy questions. OnlineCull does the work inside your browser; zero bytes of image data are transmitted.
How many photos can I cull at once?
There is no built-in cap. The grid is virtualized, previews are extracted on a pool of background threads, and memory is kept in check by storing small thumbnails, so folders of several thousand photos work on an ordinary laptop.
Do I need to create an account?
No account, no email, nothing. Open the page, open a folder, start culling.
Can I stop halfway and continue tomorrow?
Yes. Ratings and flags are saved in your browser per file. Reopen the same folder later and your marks are restored.