Alternatives to Koko

A KDE image gallery app for browsing photo albums on Linux desktops and mobile devices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Koko.

  • Gwenview

    KDE's image viewer for browsing collections of images, with simple editing and annotation tools.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Gwenview is KDE's image viewer with quick folder browsing, basic crop, resize and red-eye edits and annotation tools, aimed at the desktop rather than Plasma Mobile.

  • Shotwell

    A photo manager for the GNOME desktop that imports, organises and makes simple edits to photos.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Shotwell is an LGPL photo manager for the GNOME desktop that imports and organises a library and adds simple enhancement tools for quick fixes.

  • gThumb

    An open-source image viewer and browser for the GNOME desktop on Linux.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    gThumb is an open-source GNOME image viewer and browser for sorting photos in local folders on the Linux desktop, with no mobile version noted.

  • digiKam

    A photo manager built for libraries of a hundred thousand images, with face recognition, batch processing and heavy metadata support.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    digiKam is a full GPL photo manager for Windows, macOS and Linux with face tagging, advanced search and batch processing, much more complex than a simple gallery.

  • KPhotoAlbum

    A KDE desktop app for tagging, describing and quickly searching large personal photo collections.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    KPhotoAlbum is a KDE desktop app focused on tagging and searching large collections by people, places and custom categories, requiring up-front tagging effort.

  • Loupe

    GNOME's default image viewer, with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Loupe is GNOME's default image viewer with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits, offering a single-image view rather than album browsing.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.