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 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Picasa are Ente Photos, ImageGlass, nomacs and Shotwell.

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  1. digiKam icon

    digiKam

     368 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.

    130 digiKam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
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    digiKam vs Picasa Comments
    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

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    • 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

     207 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.

    162 Ente Photos alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    • Cloudron
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  4. ImageGlass icon

    ImageGlass

     266 likes

    A feature-rich, simple-to-use app seamlessly integrated with a clean, minimal and modern user interface.

    89 ImageGlass alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    ImageGlass vs Picasa Comments
    BarnMTB
    Positive
    0

    While ImageGlass is only a photo viewer and not a full-on Photo Management software, ImageGlass can be configured to look and work pretty similarly to the Picasa Photo Viewer (part of Picasa), albeit it doesn't match Picasa's Photo Viewer completely. ImageGlass itself is a great piece of software.

    • ImageGlass is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ImageGlass is an Image Viewer Picasa is a Photo Manager
    • ImageGlass is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  5. nomacs icon

    nomacs

     254 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.

    107 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    nomacs vs Picasa Comments
    yuriykaz
    Positive
    0

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

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • nomacs is an Image Viewer Picasa is a Photo Manager
    • nomacs is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  7. Shotwell icon

    Shotwell

     188 likes

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

    113 Shotwell alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Shotwell vs Picasa Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

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

    Windowsfree
    Positive
    0

    sorting and editing abilities

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

    Piwigo

     74 likes

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

    146 Piwigo alternatives

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    • 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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  9. gThumb icon

    gThumb

     108 likes

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

    127 gThumb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  10. Tonfotos icon

    Tonfotos

     102 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.

    33 Tonfotos alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Tonfotos vs Picasa Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

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

    dykada
    Positive
    0

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

    • Tonfotos is Free Personal and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Tonfotos is Privacy focused and LightweightPicasa is not according to our users
  11. Fotema icon

    Fotema

     2 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  12. Pix KDE icon

    Pix KDE

     5 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.

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

    Aspect

     7 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...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. 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:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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