Alike

A nim implementation of preceptual image hash. Useful when searching for duplicate or similar pictures.

How it works

Simple algorithm:

1. Get a small grayscale square image from original by scaling it
2. Compute average image brightness
3. Compare each pixel against average image brightness
4. Write the result into bit array where 1 is 'brighter' and 0 is 'darker'
5. Voila! We got the hash.

RGBA is basically simple algoritm x 4 for each channel.

Computing the difference is basically counting different bits in two hashes.

Installation

1. Get source code by cloning this repository or downloading as zip
2. Open directory where the source code is in terminal and run nimble build (yeah, you'll need to have nimble installed first)
3. After successful build the binaries will be in ./bin folder, you can run them

Usage

CLI

alike

Usage:
   [options] COMMAND

Commands:

  compare2         Compare 2 image files
  hash             Compute hash for image file

Options:
  -h, --help
  -a, --algorithm=ALGORITHM  Algorithm to use for hash computation Possible values: [simple, rgba] (default: rgba)

Embeding

Alike can be used as a library. See full API reference.

Example usage:

import pixie
import alike

let
  img1 = readImage("img1.png")
  img2 = readImage("img2.png")

echo img1.getRGBAImgHash.diff(img2.getRGBAImgHash)