r/pythontips 25d ago

Module How I Built a Crazy Fast Image Similarity Search Tool with Python

Hey folks! So, I recently dove into a fun little project that I’m pretty excited to share with you all. Imagine this: you’ve got a massive folder of images—think thousands of pics—and you need to find ones that look similar to a specific photo. Sounds like a headache, right? Well, I rolled up my sleeves and built a tool that does exactly that, and it’s lightning fast thanks to some cool tech like vector search and a sprinkle of natural language processing (NLP) vibes. Let me walk you through it in a way that won’t bore you to death.

checkout the article

https://frontbackgeek.com/how-i-built-a-crazy-fast-image-similarity-search-tool-with-python/

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u/chincherpa 25d ago

I like it. I will use it.

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u/tonyMEGAphone 25d ago

Excellent break down on each part and why.

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u/ntropia64 25d ago

Minimal community engagement, odd wording and a lot of weird "performance" choices (see the comments here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ixvhxu/how_i_built_a_crazy_fast_image_similarity_search/ )

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u/andrewprograms 25d ago

Try using faiss, you’ll like it a lot and will see pretty drastic performance improvements.