Free Picasa Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Picasa for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Mac alternative is digiKam, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Picasa and 19 are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Picasa are Ente Photos, nomacs, Piwigo and Apple Photos.

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Picasa alternatives are mainly Photo Managers, but if you're looking for Image Viewers or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Open Source, Photo Organization, Windows, Windows + Free and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Picasa.
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  1. digiKam icon

    digiKam

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    digiKam is an advanced digital photo management tool that simplifies importing and organizing photos into albums. It supports various formats including RAW, features tagging, metadata management, duplicate finder, photo editing, sharing, GPS data handling, and has cross-platform compatibility.

    102 digiKam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
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    Comments about digiKam as an Alternative to Picasa
    Elros Telperien
    Positive
    4

    Great photo and tag management tools. It's also apparently the only program, from the ones listed, that has facial recognition features (although not great in comparison to Picasa's).

    tomater
    Negative
    0

    Well, the UI of digiKam is a torture. Using it after Picase is like going from UI back to command line. It's packed with features, yes, but UI overcomplicated far beyond what is necessary. Tabs on top, tabs on the left, tabs on the right, and yes, each window section can also have tabs...

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It plays motion Gifs, and has the functionality I was looking for after Picasa as a program on my computer, not on google servers

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think digiKam is a great Picasa alternative.

    • digiKam is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Picasa.

    • digiKam is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Picasa.

    • digiKam is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • digiKam is Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  2. Ente Photos icon

    Ente Photos

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    Open-source, end-to-end encrypted backup and sharing for photos and videos, multi-platform sync, original quality preservation, privacy-first design, collaborative albums, family sharing, secure external sharing, robust data replication, and device imports.

    131 Ente Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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    • Ente Photos is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Picasa.

    • Ente Photos is Freemium and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Ente Photos is Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
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    nomacs

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    nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.

    96 nomacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    Comments about nomacs as an Alternative to Picasa
    yuriykaz
    Positive
    0

    Nomacs is an image and photo browser and viewer. It's fast, cross-platform, and open source.

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    • Most users think nomacs is a great Picasa alternative.

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • nomacs is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
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    Piwigo

     71 likes
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    Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.

    128 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  7. Apple Photos icon

    Apple Photos

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    Photos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto .

    118 Apple Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Comments about Apple Photos as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Apple Photos backs up your photos automatically and allows you to keep the original, unedited photo.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    It doesn't have the same organizing and album things and it constantly uses up the system and is not user friendly

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -2

    Cannot upload to google photos. I can share photos to flickr but selecting more than 99 photos will disable that option too. Cunning product design that they don't support integration with google product.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Apple Photos is a great Picasa alternative, some don't.

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Adobe Bridge icon

    Adobe Bridge

     62 likes
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    Advanced digital asset manager offering creative asset organization, metadata editing, and integration with Adobe products. Supports multiple formats, raw editing, and file export, allowing task simplification, collaboration, and creative project management.

    58 Adobe Bridge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Tonfotos

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    Tonfotos simplifies browsing of large photo collection by grouping shots by events, dates, people, locations and so on. Quickly find what you need regardless where files are stored - on your computer, external drives or NAS.

    26 Tonfotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Simple and intuitive UI, natively imports albums and faces from Picasa

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    dykada
    Positive
    0

    A lot of functionalities. Continuous support/development from the open source community.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Tonfotos is a great Picasa alternative.

    • Tonfotos is Free Personal and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Aspect

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    Aspect is a digital asset manager that uses end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer synchronization to offer full cross-device support, without requiring cloud storage or subscriptions of any kind. Photos are stored and organized transparently in the file system, so that they can be...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. CyberLink PhotoDirector icon

    CyberLink PhotoDirector

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    Enjoy a professional, intuitive photo workflow from CyberLink with tools for advanced editing, management, and enhancement. Native RAW support ensures authentic color and seamless flow from import to final output, offering a complete and non-destructive editing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  13. Mylio Photos icon

    Mylio Photos

     40 likes
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    Mylio Photos brings all your photos from different devices and cameras into one beautifully organized, secure library. It lets you focus on what you love—capturing and sharing your best moments—while knowing your collection is always with you, perfectly curated, backed up, and Cloud free.

    162 Mylio Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  14. ViewNX-i icon

    ViewNX-i

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    Nikon ViewNX-i software lets you browse still image and video files, edit still images via Capture NX-D or video files via ViewNX-Movie Editor.

    38 ViewNX-i alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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