PRIVATE BY DESIGN
A photo editor with no upload — and a live number that proves it.
Every edit here runs inside your browser, on your device — nothing is sent anywhere to be processed. A live panel counts the network requests and bytes involved while you work, so that claim isn't something you have to take on faith.
Open the editor, edit a photo, and watch the proof panel count while you work.
What 'no upload' means in practice
Choosing a photo — by drag and drop, file picker, or pasting from your clipboard — starts processing immediately inside the browser tab. Presets, sliders, and exports all run on your device's own hardware. No step in that pipeline sends your pixel data to a server, because there is no server call built into it in the first place.
A live panel instead of a promise
Photographers once relied on a safelight — the one lamp in the darkroom that could stay on without ruining the print. This panel plays the same role here: it lists every network request the page and its background workers make while you edit, and totals the bytes sent. While you drop an image, choose a look, and export, it reads 0 B sent — a number that updates itself in front of you, not a line of marketing copy.
No account, no watermark, nothing saved
There is no sign-up flow to open the editor, and no watermark is added to what you export. Nothing about the image or your slider settings is written to local storage either — close the tab, and there's nothing left behind that you'd need to go delete.
EXIF and location data leave with the metadata, not the file
Photos from a phone or camera often carry EXIF metadata, including GPS coordinates, camera model, and timestamps. noir.photos removes that metadata automatically at export time, before the file ever leaves the tab you're working in — no extra toggle, no setting you have to remember to switch on.
Available offline, too
After you've opened noir.photos once, it can be installed and used without a network connection at all. A tool that doesn't need the network to function has one less reason to reach for it quietly in the background — the two ideas support each other.
Frequently asked questions
How can I verify this myself, instead of just trusting the claim?
Open the proof panel while you edit and watch the request count and byte total as you work — or open your browser's own network tab side by side and compare. Both should agree: no image data leaves the page.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There's no sign-up or login anywhere in the editor — open the page, drop in a photo, and start adjusting it right away.
Are my photos or edits stored anywhere, even temporarily?
No. Image data and your slider settings are never written to local storage. Close or refresh the tab and none of it persists — you'd start again with a fresh photo.
Does the editor work without an internet connection?
Yes, once you've loaded it the first time. It installs as a standard web app and keeps working offline after that first visit.