Shotwell Alternatives

Shotwell is described as 'Open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment' and is a very popular Photo Manager in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Shotwell for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Shotwell alternative is Ente Photos, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shotwell are digiKam, XnView MP, darktable and RawTherapee.

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  1. Image Roll icon
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    A simple and fast GTK image viewer with basic image manipulation tools. Written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Lightweight and fast free image viewer, ' FocusOn Image Viewer '. It is free for everyone - individuals, companies, organizations. It can also automatically organize photos by date and edit the photos without damaging the original.

    71 FocusOn Image Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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
     
  4. Galapix icon
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    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
     
  5. If you are like us, you would agree that photos are memories of our lifetime and memories are forever. So how do you assure that they stay with you all the time? Albums are the most convenient and efficient way to collect these memories but can you carry your albums with you all...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPad
     
  6. With its friendly interface and powerful functions, Apowersoft Photo Viewer brings you the best experience in viewing images in popular formats like HEIC, BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF, ICO, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Screenie icon
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    Screenie is a Mac app that lets you easily capture, share, and organize screenshots and even search the text inside your images.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Memories icon
     1 like

    An image viewer for managing local image files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
     
  9. Madamiru icon
     1 like

    Madamiru is a cross-platform media player written in Rust that can automatically play and shuffle multiple videos, images, and songs at once in a grid layout.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Create lovely photo web galleries directly from your Photos library on Mac. Share the generated HTML output folder with your family and friends in any possible way – e.g., via your personal website or external storage.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. AlbumForge icon
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    A multilingual, privacy-first photo album creator that works 100% offline — generate emotional PDF albums in 3 clicks, with maps, memories and meaning. Free solidarity version for NGOs and therapists.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. OneFolder icon
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    Desktop app to view your photos like you do in Google Photos or Apple Photos (e.g. Calendar, list, map, etc..) but locally and respecting metadata open standards (not creating a separate database to store that information*).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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