Diffractor Prague Czech Republic https://diffractor.com/ Zac Walker help@diffractor.com help@diffractor.com Zac Walker help@diffractor.com help@diffractor.com help@diffractor.com Diffractor 1.27.2 8 23 2026 0 Freeware Minor Update Install and Uninstall Win10 English,Czech,German,Italian,Spanish Graphic Apps::Viewers 27902184 27903 27.9 N Multimedia and Design::Image Editing,Multimedia and Design::Image Viewers,Multimedia and Design::Organizers,Multimedia and Design::Screen Capture,Multimedia and Design::Utilities,Multimedia and Design::Miscellaneous,Multimedia and Design::Video Players - **Three dates, each labelled** — Original, Created and Modified are now separate and searchable, so an edit no longer moves a photo to the day it was retouched ([#184](https://github.com/diffractor/diffractor/issues/184)). - **Panoramas and 360° photos** — wide stitches sweep at full width, equirectangular files become a camera you turn by dragging, and `@panorama` finds them. - **Items view settings without scrolling to the top** — group, sort, media-type filter and *Show items in subfolders* open from the scroller ([discussion #251](https://github.com/diffractor/diffractor/discussions/251)). - **The sidebar map is now a globe**, and the history chart spans your whole collection ([#175](https://github.com/diffractor/diffractor/issues/175)). - **Verbose metadata reports what the file actually holds** — unnamed tags kept, maker notes as directories, embedded thumbnail shown. - **Security updates** — expat 2.8.3 closes [CVE-2026-72522](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72522), plus libopenmpt, libarchive, libebml and sqlite. - **Before you upgrade:** `taken:`, `when:`, `timeline:` and `c:` now mean Original, so saved searches may return different results. Every icon is redrawn. Full detail: [docs/v-1.27.2.md](https://github.com/diffractor/diffractor/blob/master/docs/v-1.27.2.md) https://diffractor.com/ https://diffractor.com/static/images/screenshot.png https://diffractor.com/static/images/logo.png https://diffractor.com/pad.xml https://www.diffractor.com/diffractor-setup.exe https://www.diffractor.com/diffractor-setup.exe https://www.diffractor.com/diffractor-setup.exe https://www.diffractor.com/diffractor-setup.exe Diffractor can be redistributed under the terms of its license. Diffractor is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the LGPL License version 2.1 or later. Diffractor does not upload your photos or videos. It contacts the server to check for updates, which can be disabled. Optional crash diagnostics can also be disabled. See https://www.diffractor.com/legal for details. compare, organize, photo, video, viewer, metadata, search Organize photos and videos on Windows. Browse, organize, search and compare photos and videos on Windows. Diffractor is a fast, free Windows app for browsing, organizing, searching and comparing photos and videos stored on your PC and connected drives. Diffractor works directly with photos and videos in ordinary Windows folders. Choose folders for a locally indexed collection, then browse, search, compare, rate, tag and edit files without uploading your media. Browse cameras, cards and external drives before importing, and check whether files are already in the collection or may have matching copies. Diffractor is a fast, free and open-source Windows photo and video organizer. It works directly with files in ordinary folders on your PC and connected drives. Choose collection folders for fast local indexing, then browse, search, compare, rate, tag and edit your media without uploading it. Open cameras, memory cards and external folders before importing; Diffractor identifies files already in the collection and possible matching copies for review. Import can copy or move selected files into date-based folder structures. Metadata is written using common EXIF, XMP, IPTC and ID3 standards. Diffractor also views RAW photos, plays video and audio, performs common photo corrections, and can synchronize a collection with a NAS or network drive.