morphic

A self-hosted media toolkit — format conversion, duplicate detection, and file organisation in a single dark-themed web UI, built entirely in Go.

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Features

🔄 Converter

Convert images and videos between popular formats directly in the browser.

• Scan any folder (with optional subfolder recursion) filtered by images, videos, or both
• Per-extension summary with badge counts and filter pills
• Select individual files or batch-select by extension
• Pick a target format and convert in one click — live progress bar with per-file feedback
• Images — jpg, png, tif, bmp, webp, gif, ico, avif (via the imaging library)
• Videos — mp4, mov, avi, mkv, webm, flv, wmv, m4v, mpeg, 3gp, ts (via ffmpeg)
• Optionally delete originals after a successful conversion
• Stop an in-flight conversion at any time

🔍 Dupfinder

Find visually similar media using perceptual hashing — catches re-encoded or resized duplicates that byte-comparison misses.

• Three hash types combined (pHash, aHash, dHash) for higher accuracy
• Configurable similarity threshold per type (images: 90 %, videos: 85 % default)
• Video analysis by comparing frame hashes across a clip
• Multi-worker concurrent hashing with a configurable worker count
• Grouped results with thumbnail previews, file sizes, and space-savings estimate
• One-click auto-select of duplicates (keeps the largest file in each group)
• Stop scan mid-flight and discard partial results

📂 Organizer

Restructure a media collection into clean date-based folders or rename files in bulk.

• Date sort — moves/copies files into {year}/{month}/{day} trees using EXIF date or mtime fallback
• Rename — template tokens: {date}, {datetime}, {original}, {ext}, {seq}, {seq:N} (zero-padded)
• Preview the full plan before executing — see every source → destination path
• Move or copy mode
• Conflict detection — skips renames that would overwrite another file

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Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/exterex/morphic
cd morphic
make build          # compiles to ./bin/morphic
./bin/morphic       # opens http://127.0.0.1:8000 in the browser

# Custom options
./bin/morphic --port 9000 --folder ~/Pictures --no-browser

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Prerequisites

Dependency	Required for	Install
Go 1.22+	Building	https://go.dev/dl/
ffmpeg	Video conversion & video duplicate detection	sudo apt install ffmpeg

ffmpeg is optional — the app starts without it and greys out video features automatically.

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Development

make tidy    # go mod tidy
make build   # build binary → ./bin/morphic
make test    # go test ./...
make vet     # go vet ./...
make run     # build + start dev server

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Architecture

cmd/morphic/       CLI entry-point (flags, server startup)
internal/
  converter/       Folder scanner, image/video conversion logic
  dupfinder/       Perceptual hashing, duplicate grouping, job runner
  organizer/       Date sorter, batch renamer, plan executor
  shared/          Job store, file browser, thumbnail generator, constants
web/
  server.go        Gin router, embedded static assets
  routes_*.go      HTTP handlers per module
  templates/       index.html (single-page UI)
  static/          app.js, style.css

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API Overview

All endpoints are under /api/.

Method	Path	Description
POST	/api/converter/scan	Scan a folder for convertible media
POST	/api/converter/convert	Start a batch conversion job
GET	/api/converter/progress/:id/poll	Poll conversion progress
POST	/api/converter/progress/:id/cancel	Cancel a running conversion
POST	/api/dupfinder/scan	Start a duplicate scan job
GET	/api/dupfinder/scan/:id/status	Poll scan status
GET	/api/dupfinder/scan/:id/results	Fetch scan results
POST	/api/dupfinder/scan/:id/cancel	Cancel a running scan
POST	/api/organizer/plan	Create an organisation plan
POST	/api/organizer/execute/:id	Execute a previewed plan
POST	/api/organizer/cancel/:id	Cancel a running plan job
GET	/api/browse	List directories (in-page browser)
GET	/api/thumbnail	Generate a JPEG thumbnail
GET	/api/system_info	Report Go/ffmpeg version info

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License

Released under the MIT License.