Picasa Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Picasa for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is digiKam, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Picasa and 15 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Picasa are Ente Photos, nomacs, Shotwell and Piwigo.

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Picasa alternatives are mainly Photo Managers, but if you're looking for Image Viewers or Photo Sharing Apps 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

     355 likes

    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.

    104 digiKam alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • 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

     151 likes

    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.

    130 Ente Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • 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
  4. nomacs icon

    nomacs

     241 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • 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.

    Picasa Icon
    nomacs icon

    • 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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    Shotwell

     185 likes

    Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.

    98 Shotwell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
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    Comments about Shotwell as an Alternative to Picasa
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Works like Picasa (the Windows program) and its editor is so easy as powerfull.

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

    sorting and editing abilities

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    • Most users think Shotwell is a great Picasa alternative.

    • Shotwell is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Shotwell is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  6. Piwigo icon

    Piwigo

     71 likes

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

    129 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    gThumb

     104 likes

    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    122 gThumb alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  9. Tonfotos icon

    Tonfotos

     99 likes

    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.

    27 Tonfotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Tonfotos as an Alternative to Picasa
    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
  10. Fotema icon

    Fotema

     1 like

    A photo gallery for everyone who wants their photos to live locally on their devices.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  11. Pix KDE icon

    Pix KDE

     4 likes

    Pix is an image gallery and image viewer. Pix can be used to open images with other applications like an image editor, add tags to the files, add annotations to pictures, rotate and share them.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • KDE
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  12. Aspect icon

    Aspect

     6 likes

    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...

    15 Aspect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. µPhotos icon

    µPhotos

     2 likes

    µPhotos is a fast OpenGL-based cross platform immersive photo viewer and organizer. Here is a list of features, that make µPhotos special:

    14 µPhotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  14. KPhotoAlbum icon

    KPhotoAlbum

     3 likes

    If you have hundreds or even thousands of images on your hard drive, it becomes impossible to remember the story behind every single image or the names of the persons photographed. KPhotoAlbum was created to help you describe your images and then search the big pile of pictures...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Main
     
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