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Fotema vs digiKam: catalog facts
FotemadigiKam
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Free

Free and open source, part of the KDE community.

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Dedicated photo gallery for the Linux desktop
  • Easy installation from Flathub
  • Handles libraries of more than 100,000 images without falling over
  • Face detection and tagging to find photos of specific people
  • Linux only
  • Project website gives little detail about features
  • A large, complex application with a correspondingly steep learning curve
  • Its editor is capable but not a substitute for a dedicated raw developer
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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