iPhoto Alternatives for Linux
iPhoto is not available for Linux but there are plenty of 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 digiKam or gThumb. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to iPhoto and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to iPhoto are Shotwell, Tonfotos, Geeqie Image Viewer and Corel AfterShot Pro.
iPhoto alternatives are mainly Image Viewers but may also be Photo Managers or Image Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of iPhoto.
XnViewMP is a free software to view, organise, convert graphics and photos files or to create slide show, contact sheet, HTML pages.
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XnView MP vs iPhoto opinions
It lacks a lot of features like:
- face recognition
- geo info being used for filtering
- smart / virtual albums
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digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application which makes importing and organizing digital photos a "snap". The photos are organized in albums which can be sorted chronologically, by folder layout or by custom collections.
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gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.
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Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
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.
Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.
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Corel AfterShot Pro is fast, flexible digital photography workflow software that combines powerful photo management, advanced non-destructive editing and complete RAW processing.
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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.
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.8.5, released in March 2006, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
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.
DiscontinuedThe project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.1, released in April 2014, can be still downloaded from Github.
GPicSync automatically inserts location in your photos metadata so they can also be used with any 'geocode aware' application like Picasa/Google Earth, Flickr, loc.alize.us, etc.
