Restore photos locally

Electron app that runs GFPGAN locally so your images never leave your computer. Inspired by restoredphotos.io.

⚠️️ In Alpha ⚠️ Currently does not allow model selection (defaults to v1.3).

Next steps

• Reduce installation steps:
  • Download GFPGAN v1.3 model on app startup
  • Install GFPGAN automatically on app startup
  • Install dependencies automatically
  • Bundle Python
• Allow the user to choose different GFPGAN models

Running application

Run npm i on the repository's root directory and run npm start. This will open the application and check if everything is installed as expected.

If you prefer to override GFPGAN with your own version, you can set the GFPGAN_DIR environment variable to point to the root of GFPGAN's repository. You can check how to install it here.

Installation

Install GFPGAN

Follow the installation instructions here and download the v1.3 pre-trained model following these instructions.