Web Application
Submit encounters, review identifications, manage your population, and run analyses. Start here. → Open the web docs
finwave Documentation
Comprehensive guides for the finwave wildlife photo-identification platform.
Web app or desktop client?
Section titled “Web app or desktop client?”finwave is primarily a web application — that’s where you submit encounters, review identifications, browse individuals, and run analyses. Most users only ever need the web app.
The desktop client is an optional companion for one specific workflow: bulk-importing photos directly from a local archive or cloud storage container that is too large to upload through the browser. If you don’t have a backlog of thousands of historical photos to onboard, you can ignore the desktop client entirely.
Desktop Client
Optional. Used for bulk onboarding of large archives from disk or cloud storage. → Open the desktop docs
Explore the web app
Section titled “Explore the web app”Getting Started
New to finwave? Start here to create your account, join a population, and log your first encounter.
Core Concepts
Understand encounters, individuals, populations, evidence tiers, and how they connect.
Workbench
Advanced tools for catalog building, review queues, and population analysis.
Administration
Population settings, member management, organization verification, and ML configuration.