digiKam is described as 'Advanced digital photo management software with features to organize, tag, compare, and process photo collections, supporting multiple formats including RAW' and is a very popular Photo Manager in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to digiKam for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best digiKam alternative is RapidRAW, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like digiKam are darktable, RawTherapee, PhotoPrism and Adobe Lightroom.
A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.
RapidRAW is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to digiKam.
RapidRAW is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to digiKam.
Open source non-destructive RAW editor and virtual darkroom with zoomable lighttable, database-driven organization, HDR and EXR support, floating-point workflow, batch exporting, and advanced editing for photography and scientific imaging across platforms.
It is a Lightroom alternative, it has nothing to do with photo management.
Does not include photo management
Most users think darktable is a great digiKam alternative.
Raw photo processing software with advanced control over demosaicing. Ideal for newcomers, semi-professionals, and professionals. Supports HDR DNGs, JPGs, and TIFFs, with in-house enhancements for some camera models. Open-source, lacks digital asset management.
Nothing to do with photo management.
PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.
This as far as I can tell is a web based solution (which may be possible to self-host as claimed here, but it's not obvious that is an option in reality), digikam is a local option, not relying on network support. Even locally hosted it's not really an alternative when, "works offline" is selected. Unless all the official information is deeply misleading.
Some users think PhotoPrism is a great digiKam alternative, some don't.
PhotoPrism is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to digiKam.
Maximize your photo editing and organizing abilities across platforms with non-destructive editing in high resolution and 1 TB of cloud storage. Harness simple tools like sliders to achieve your ideal image and automatically apply tags. Access and utilize Lightroom on mobile, web, or desktop.
Some users think Adobe Lightroom is a great digiKam alternative, some don't.
Adobe Lightroom is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to digiKam.
Adobe Lightroom is the most popular commercial alternative to digiKam.
Fast and lightweight Qt-based image viewer with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features include multiple format support, customizable interface, GIF playback, high-resolution display compatibility, and efficient navigation through keyboard shortcuts.
Just a simple image viewer. No tagging or database features. Not a comparable alternative at all.
This alternative is disputed. qView is a legitimate digiKam alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Offers quick browsing and display of various image formats, basic editing tools like crop, rotate, lossless JPEG manipulation, folder browsing as thumbnails or slideshows, supports XCF, drag-and-drop, metadata viewing, KDE integration, and plugin extensions.
Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
Offers organization, viewing, and editing tools for digital images, supports over 700 RAW formats, enables metadata embedding and syncing, dynamic category and keyword filters, workflow optimizations, non-destructive edits, detailed image preview, and sharing options.
Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.
one is a standalone app, the other a web app running on a server
Desktop app for photo sorting on Windows & Mac, managing JPG+RAW files. Sort photos into folders using keys, providing easy navigation and clean interface without deletion, ensuring a focused experience with flexible viewing, safe storage, and no fluff.
Capture One is a leading raw converter and workflow software which enables photographers to reduce the time and effort required to deliver astounding ready-to-use images with excellent color and detail.
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Nothing to do with photo management.