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 Your Photos. Your Filesystem. Zero Lag.

Imbric doesn't manage your files. It lenses them.

The Philosophy

Most file managers treat photos like spreadsheet rows.
Imbric treats them like what they are: visual objects with shape, color, and time.

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                             vs.                               │
│   Traditional Grid                    Imbric Masonry          │
│                              │                                │
│   ┌────┐ ┌────┐ ┌────┐       │    ┌────────┐ ┌────┐┌──┐       │
│   │    │ │    │ │    │       │    │        │ │    ││  │       │
│   │    │ │    │ │    │       │    │        │ ├────┤│  │       │
│   └────┘ └────┘ └────┘       │    │        │ │    ││  │       │
│   ┌────┐ ┌────┐ ┌────┐       │    └────────┘ │    ││  │       │
│   │    │ │    │ │    │       │    ┌────────┐ └────┘└──┘       │
│   └────┘ └────┘ └────┘       │    │        │ ┌────────┐       │
│                              │    └────────┘ │        │       │
│   Wasted space. ❌           │                                │
│                              │    Every pixel used. ✓         │
│                                                               │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

How It Works

Imbric is a lens, not an engine. It doesn't reinvent Linux. It uses it.

What	How Imbric Does It	Why It's Fast
Thumbnails	GnomeDesktop.ThumbnailFactory	Same cache as Nautilus. Pre-baked.
File Ops	Gio (GLib I/O)	Kernel-level. Zero Python overhead.
Layout	Split-Column "Card Dealing"	Qt's C++ engine. Not JS. Not Python.
Sorting	QSortFilterProxyModel	C++ side. Instant.

                    ┌──────────────────┐
                    │   YOUR PHOTOS    │
                    └────────┬─────────┘
                             │
                             ▼
              ┌──────────────────────────────┐
              │  LinuxDesktop + Gio (C libs) │  ◀── The heavy lifting
              └──────────────┬───────────────┘
                             │
                             ▼
              ┌──────────────────────────────┐
              │  Python (Thin Orchestrator)  │  ◀── Just glue code
              └──────────────┬───────────────┘
                             │
                             ▼
              ┌──────────────────────────────┐
              │  Qt Quick / QML (60fps UI)   │  ◀── What you see
              └──────────────────────────────┘

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Get It Running

# Prerequisites (Debian/Ubuntu/Zorin)
sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0

# Clone & Run
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/imbric.git
cd imbric
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 main.py ~/Pictures

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Roadmap

Phase 1 ███████████████████████████████████████  [DONE]  Native Shell
Phase 2 ███████████████████████████████████████  [DONE]  Masonry Engine
Phase 3 ███████████████████████████████████████  [DONE]  Thumbnails (GNOME)
Phase 4 ███████████████████████████████████████  [DONE]  Async I/O & Tabs
Phase 5 ████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  [BUSY]  Interactions

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License

MIT. Use it. Fork it. Ship it.
See LICENSE.

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Built for Linux. Built with GNOME and QT. Built to be fast.