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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Picasa alternatives are mainly Image Viewers, but if you're looking for Photo Managers or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Windows + Free, Open Source, Photo Organization, Windows, Linux 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
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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.

    110 digiKam alternatives

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    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
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  2. Ente Photos icon
     174 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.

    140 Ente Photos alternatives

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

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

    83 ImageGlass alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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  4. nomacs icon
     247 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.

    98 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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  5. Shotwell icon
     185 likes

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

    102 Shotwell alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
     
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  6. Piwigo icon
     71 likes

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

    134 Piwigo alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  7. gThumb icon
     105 likes

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

    121 gThumb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. Tonfotos icon
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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.

    28 Tonfotos alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Fotema icon
     1 like

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

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  10. Pix KDE icon
     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.

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. µPhotos icon
     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

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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