Everything an offline face-forensics workflow needs.
Extraction, clustering, search, review, redaction, and scale — with a record chain that makes every face defensibly traceable.
Face extraction
Detect and crop faces from still images and video frames, with normalization for review. Works on screenshots, photos, degraded scans, drawings, and reflections.
People clustering
Automatic grouping of similar faces into “people” across every source. Investigator-labeled and reorganizable — no identity is assumed.
Similarity search
Search faces and people with configurable similarity thresholds. Group visually similar subjects to accelerate review.
Review & exports
Case-media review workflows for mixed datasets, plus structured outputs for documentation and follow-up.
Face blurring & redaction
Privacy-first anonymization of faces in exports, with minor-redaction options when documentation demands it.
Provenance chain
Every face links back to a frame/page, source file, and origin. Non-destructive record model.
Scale to a million files without the cloud.
DawaImg is designed for large, mixed case media on consumer hardware. Processing is parallel, disk-backed, and resumable — the same pipeline that handled a ~1M-file public disclosure bundle.
Find, compare, and document.
Configurable similarity
Tune thresholds per review — from strict one-person matches to broad “look-alike” buckets.
Time-windowed video review
Count and cluster faces across time windows in captured footage — not live feeds.
Structured exports
Generate reports with counts, timelines, and provenance back to source frames/files.
Understand how face tech fails — offline.
Tools for security research, evaluation, and privacy engineering.
Detection labs
Evaluate face robustness and failure modes on your own datasets. A/B evaluations, offline.
Defensive masking
Design face masks to reduce detectability and recognizability. Understating how detectors actually misfire.
Privacy engineering
Combine blurring, redaction, and controlled exports so documentation protects subjects.
Files & storage
Formats
Images
.webp.bmp.png.jpg.jpegVideo
.mov.mp4.avi.wmv.tsDocuments
.pdfStorage
- Folders & nested directories
- USB & external drives
- Internal hard drives / SSDs
- Network shares & mapped storage
- Downloaded web captures (post-capture)
Good fit — and honest about when it isn’t
Good fit if you…
- Are a PI, analyst, or face/media forensics team
- Work with large image/video/PDF collections
- Need automated face grouping inside a project
- Require offline, privacy-sensitive workflows
- Need exports with provenance to frames/files
Probably not a fit if you…
- Need real-time monitoring, alerts, or live feeds
- Expect cloud processing or SaaS workflows
- Want preloaded face databases or name lookup
- Need an authoritative “verify identity” claim
- Are looking for a consumer photo editor
What’s shipping next.
DawaImg is shipped in small, reviewable increments with the security and privacy needs of the people who use it front-and-center.
Core review workflow
Extraction, people clustering, similarity search, blurring, provenance chain, exports, project manager, detection labs, defensive masking.
Scale & performance
Parallel frame extraction, disk-backed cache, resumable large-case runs on consumer hardware.
Review ergonomics
Keyboard-first review flows, saved views, and refined report templates for common investigation types.
Detection lab suite
Side-by-side detector comparisons, exportable evaluation bundles for public research.
Privacy exports
Better redaction presets and audit-friendly export bundles for documentation workflows.
Try DawaImg on your next case.
Free. Offline. No accounts. No cloud.