Open Source 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 open source Linux alternative is digiKam. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Picasa and 12 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Picasa are Ente Photos, nomacs, Shotwell and Piwigo.

More about Picasa
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Picasa alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
    Image editor
     
    |
    4
    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.
    3 of 4 comments
    • digiKam is Free and Open SourcePicasa is Freemium and Proprietary
    • digiKam is Privacy focusedPicasa is not according to our users
  2. Ente Photos icon

    Ente Photos

     163 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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    Ente Photos screenshot 1
     
  4. nomacs icon

    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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
    nomacs screenshot 1
     
    |
    1
    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
  5. Shotwell icon

    Shotwell

     185 likes

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

    99 Shotwell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
    Shotwell screenshot 1
     
    |
    2
    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
  6. 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.

    130 Piwigo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Piwigo screenshot 1
     
  7. gThumb icon

    gThumb

     104 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
    Adjust Colors
     
  10. Pix KDE icon

    Pix KDE

     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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    Pix KDE screenshot 1
     
  11. KPhotoAlbum icon

    KPhotoAlbum

     3 likes

    If you have hundreds or even thousands of images on your hard drive, it becomes impossible to remember the story behind every single image or the names of the persons photographed. KPhotoAlbum was created to help you describe your images and then search the big pile of pictures...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Main
     
  13. Imgseek icon

    Imgseek

     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
    After drawing on the left widget that simple red rectangle with black windows, a pale blue sky and the gray asphalt, the software returns these 10 best matches from your collection of thousands of images.
     
  14. G

    GPicSync

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    GPicSync screenshot 1
     
12 of 12 Picasa alternatives