The Best Picasa AlternativesTop Photo Managers & Image Viewers like Picasa

Picasa is described as 'Software download from Google, that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. The local application usage and the online storage up to 1 GB is free, and it is easy to use. The online version is called Picasa Web Albums' and is a leading Photo Manager in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Picasa for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Web-based and Linux apps. The best Picasa alternative is digiKam, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Picasa are FastStone Image Viewer, Ente Photos, Adobe Lightroom and Fossify Gallery.

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  1. digiKam icon

    digiKam

     358 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.

    106 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
    Negative
    0

    Digikam is a much more advanced editor and manager, not neaarly as simple as Picasa.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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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. FastStone Image Viewer icon

    FastStone Image Viewer

     481 likes

    Fast image browser and editor for Windows with robust support for browsing, editing, and conversion. Features red-eye removal, resizing, enhanced EXIF access, and musical slideshows with over 150 effects.

    132 FastStone Image Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    FastStone Image Viewer vs Picasa Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    decent sorting, good full-screen view. Fair replacement to but sub-par to Picasa.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • FastStone Image Viewer is Free Personal and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FastStone Image Viewer is LightweightPicasa is not according to our users
  4. Ente Photos icon

    Ente Photos

     161 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.

    133 Ente Photos alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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    Eagle icon
    Eagle

    Multi-format solution for managing, searching, and organizing images, videos, audio, and fonts with advanced tags, folders, smart folders, color filters, and over 90 design file previews. Features browser integration, annotations...

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  6. Adobe Lightroom icon

    Adobe Lightroom

     471 likes

    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.

    124 Adobe Lightroom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Adobe Lightroom vs Picasa Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    2

    dont host picture, just do modification

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It's just not free - but it's the most obvious parallel

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Adobe Lightroom is Paid and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Fossify Gallery icon

    Fossify Gallery

     96 likes

    Unleash memories, not personal data. Fossify Gallery is the ultimate photo and video app that's as powerful as it is private. No ads, no unnecessary permissions – just a seamless experience tailored for you.

    66 Fossify Gallery alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Android Tablet
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  8. ImageGlass icon

    ImageGlass

     241 likes

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

    82 ImageGlass alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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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 Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
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    nomacs

     243 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.

    97 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 Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  11. Shotwell icon

    Shotwell

     185 likes

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

    98 Shotwell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
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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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    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
  12. Eagle icon

    Eagle

     101 likes

    Multi-format solution for managing, searching, and organizing images, videos, audio, and fonts with advanced tags, folders, smart folders, color filters, and over 90 design file previews. Features browser integration, annotations, and creative workflow support.

    71 Eagle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  13. ACDSee Photo Studio icon

    ACDSee Photo Studio

     148 likes

    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.

    171 ACDSee Photo Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    ACDSee Photo Studio vs Picasa Comments
    rustyknight07
    Positive
    0

    It does everything Picasa does and more, unfortunately it's not free.

    • ACDSee Photo Studio is Paid and ProprietaryPicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. Simple Gallery icon

    Simple Gallery

     86 likes

    Simple Gallery is a highly customizable offline gallery. Organize & edit your photos, recover deleted files with the recycle bin, protect & hide files and view a huge variety of different photo & video formats including RAW, SVG and much more.

    64 Simple Gallery alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  15. Piwigo icon

    Piwigo

     71 likes

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

    129 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • 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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