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digiKam vs XnView MP: catalog facts
digiKam	XnView MP
Free Free and open source, part of the KDE community.	Freemium Free for private and educational use. A commercial licence is required for business use.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Handles libraries of more than 100,000 images without falling over Face detection and tagging to find photos of specific people	Reads more than five hundred formats including RAW, HEIC and JPEG XL Batch conversion, renaming and adjustment across whole folders
A large, complex application with a correspondingly steep learning curve Its editor is capable but not a substitute for a dedicated raw developer	Closed source Commercial use requires a paid licence
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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