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Shotwell

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

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  File Tagging
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Media library
  4.  No registration required
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Dark Mode
  8.  Facial Recognition
  9.  Collections
  10.  Collection Management
  11.  Library Management

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Negative Comment
Brandonator
0

Shotwell doesn't have the concept of just browsing a folder; you must "import"

And importing without copying the images (because why?!) crashed after a few images on Ubuntu 24.04.

Coelacanth_to_Code
0

Allows you to view your favorite photos from your past and present with ease. No ads. No IAPs. Allows you to edit your images with relative ease. A must-have application for anyone who's Personal Computer is also a Linux Computer.

Lenny Su
0

Runs pretty smooth with 60k photos on ubuntu. Also, it was not hard to transfer to new pc.

Amgine
1

Decent light-weight photo manager. ONLY PUBLISHES JPEG. (Note: dev team actively avoid user input - you cannot report bugs or feature requests through the git repo.)

ChildishGiant

You can on the actual git repo, the github one is just a mirror: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/shotwell/-/issues

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EmasXP
0

Fastest photo organizer around. A bit more editing options would be welcomed.

scaife
0

Incredibly fast and light. Easy to use with minimal features.

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What is Shotwell?

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

Features

Import photos from folders or from any digital camera supported by gPhoto. Shotwell automatically groups photos taken at the same time. You can also use tags and ratings to organize your photo collection. You can rotate, crop, reduce red-eye, and adjust the exposure, saturation, tint, and temperature of each photo. Publish photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, and YouTube.

Shotwell information

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Shotwell, and it has gotten 188 likes

Shotwell was added to AlternativeTo by Lukian on and this page was last updated .