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 Linux alternative is digiKam, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Picasa and 15 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Picasa are Ente Photos, nomacs, Shotwell and Piwigo.
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Picasa alternatives are mainly Photo Managers, but if you're looking for Image Viewers or Photo Sharing Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Picasa.- Photo Manager
- Freemium • Proprietary
- 96 digiKam alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Qt
Comments about digiKam as an Alternative to Picasa
Most Recent CommenttomaterWell, 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...
It plays motion Gifs, and has the functionality I was looking for after Picasa as a program on my computer, not on google servers
- 120 Ente Photos alternatives
End-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos / iCloud Photos, that makes it easy to backup and share photos and videos.
License model
- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
- 90 nomacs alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Flathub
Comments about nomacs as an Alternative to Picasa
yuriykazNomacs is an image and photo browser and viewer. It's fast, cross-platform, and open source.
- 92 Shotwell alternatives
Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Linux
- Flatpak
- Flathub
Comments about Shotwell as an Alternative to Picasa
Works like Picasa (the Windows program) and its editor is so easy as powerfull.
Windowsfreesorting and editing abilities
- 122 Piwigo alternatives
Manage your photo collection with Piwigo Piwigo is open source photo gallery software for the web. Designed for organisations, teams and individuals.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Online
- 118 gThumb alternatives
gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- GNOME
- 21 Tonfotos alternatives
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.
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tonfotos Features
Comments about Tonfotos as an Alternative to Picasa
Simple and intuitive UI, natively imports albums and faces from Picasa
dykadaA lot of functionalities. Continuous support/development from the open source community.
- 11 Aspect alternatives
Aspect is a digital asset manager that uses end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer synchronization to offer full cross-device support, without requiring cloud storage or subscriptions of any kind. Photos are stored and organized transparently in the file system, so that they can be...
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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).