The cloud way
- Photos uploaded to a server you don't own
- Account required · email · maybe credit card
- Subscription that quietly renews forever
- Originals indexed, retained, sometimes trained on
v0.3 beta · on-device only · no cloud · no account · no telemetry
Enhance your photos. Nothing leaves your machine.
Tanngo is a privacy-first AI photo enhancer that runs entirely on your device. No uploads. No accounts. No sending your memories to someone else's server.
Before
After · tanngo
Built to run on what you already own
Apple Silicon CUDA Metal Vulkan ROCm CoreML DirectML Neural Engine TensorRT OpenCL Apple Silicon CUDA Metal Vulkan ROCm CoreML DirectML Neural Engine TensorRT OpenCL
The trade-off everyone made
Most enhancers want your photos. Tanngo wants nothing.
The tanngo way
- Model and photos stay on your machine
- No account · no email · no signup form
- One download, one license, no recurring charge
- Local, inspectable, and free during beta
What you get
Heavy lifting, light footprint.
Runs 100% offline
Once installed, tanngo never touches the internet. Your photos stay where they are.
AI upscaling + denoising
Built on modern diffusion models, optimized for desktop GPUs and Apple Silicon. Output quality on par with cloud tools, without the upload.
Batch processing
Drop a folder. Whether it's 50 photos or 5,000, tanngo works through them in the background.
Transparent about what it does locally
Every step is local and inspectable. No hidden cloud pipeline, no telemetry.
Looks like this
One command. Local from start to finish.
~/photos · tanngo
offline
$
Three steps
How it works
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01
Install tanngo
One download for macOS, Windows, or Linux. No installer drama, no account, no email.
~120 MB · code-signed · notarized on macOS
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02
Point it at your photos
Drop a file or a folder. Pick a preset: upscale 2×, denoise, restore.
RAW · JPEG · PNG · HEIC · TIFF · WebP
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03
It runs locally
Your machine does the work. When it’s done, the enhanced photos sit next to the originals.
GPU-accelerated · originals never touched · network never used
Things people ask
Common questions
Does tanngo upload my photos?
No. Tanngo runs entirely on your device. After installation, it doesn't need internet access at all.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no signup, no login, no email required. Download, install, run.
What hardware do I need?
Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later), Windows or Linux machines with an NVIDIA GPU (8 GB+ VRAM recommended), or a CPU fallback for smaller jobs.
How does it compare to cloud photo enhancers?
Output quality is in the same class as modern cloud tools. The difference is that nothing leaves your machine — no upload latency, no privacy trade-off.
Is tanngo free?
Free during beta. The plan after launch is a one-time license fee — no subscription.
Is tanngo open source?
Not at this time. The underlying model weights are licensed and can't be redistributed.
MK
A note from the maker
Why tanngo exists
I got tired of cloud apps demanding photo uploads for what should be a local job. So I built the thing I wanted. It restored my grandmother's scanned wedding photos on a quiet Sunday, and then friends kept asking how they could get it. That's where tanngo started.
— Marcus K., solo dev, working on tanngo full-time. Reach out at hello@tanngo.org.