iPhoto Alternatives for Linux

iPhoto is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or digiKam. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to iPhoto and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to iPhoto are Shotwell, gThumb, Corel AfterShot Pro and Tonfotos.

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  1. XnView MP icon
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    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    148 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  2. digiKam icon
     360 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.

    110 digiKam alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
  3. Shotwell icon
     185 likes

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

    102 Shotwell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
     
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  4. 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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  5. Digital photography software with ultra-fast RAW processing, non-destructive editing, seamless Photoshop workflow, batch processing, HDR features, and customizable workspaces for creative efficiency.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Tonfotos icon
     100 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.

    28 Tonfotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  8. Imgseek icon
     9 likes

    imgSeek is a collection of free open source projects for searching a collection of images using visual similarity. The image you are looking for can be expressed either as a rough painted sketch or as another image you supply.

    16 Imgseek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Galapix icon
     6 likes

    Galapix is an image viewer that allows you to directly zoom into large collection of tens of thousand of images from tiny thumbnails down to the images original size fluently with very short load times and no loss of interactivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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