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digiKam

Software Tool · Photo, video & audio software · 14 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/photography

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Pros

  • Digikam has pretty decent face recognition built in.
  • The most capable dam might be digikam.
  • The finished JPEGs, I organize into neat, sorted directories with DigiKam. If I ever were to replace DigiKam with anything else, the files are right there, and contain all the relevant metadata (tags etc.) in their EXIF.
  • digiKam can do this easily. Just select all the photos you want to rotate and then click the rotate overlay thing on one of them.
  • DigiKam does it pretty well. It's also completely free, so no risk in trying it.

Cons

  • Parent context: Thanks, gotta give it another shot! Last time I tested it UI was feeling so terrible (couple of months ago) so I didn't used it long enough, but if that have all that bells and whistles I might need to just learn to use i...
  • Digikam is similar but way more cluttered in its functionality.

Sentiment

12 positive (86%) · 1 mixed (7%) · 1 negative (7%)

Trust + time weighted score: +75% · raw score 79%

What redditors said (10 of 14)

Digikam has pretty decent face recognition built in.
positive · u/z****c · r/photography · comment · Jul 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The most capable dam might be digikam.
positive · u/t****s · r/photography · comment · Dec 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Thanks, gotta give it another shot! Last time I tested it UI was feeling so terrible (couple of months ago) so I didn't used it long enough, but if that have all that bells and whistles I might need to just learn to use it. Reply: You’re not wrong, the UI is barely usable. Not a slight against the open source developers who build this with minimal resources, they have my respect. “Barely usable + free” may be better than “Wonderfully usable + Adobe Tax” for some people.
negative · u/d****w · r/photography · comment · Dec 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The finished JPEGs, I organize into neat, sorted directories with DigiKam. If I ever were to replace DigiKam with anything else, the files are right there, and contain all the relevant metadata (tags etc.) in their EXIF.
positive · u/b****e · r/photography · comment · Aug 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
digiKam can do this easily. Just select all the photos you want to rotate and then click the rotate overlay thing on one of them.
positive · u/D****y · r/photography · comment · Aug 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
DigiKam does it pretty well. It's also completely free, so no risk in trying it.
positive · u/D****y · r/photography · comment · Jul 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Digikam has a GPS Correlator which lets you tag the photos by matching timing.
positive · u/i****a · r/photography · comment · Jul 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Digikam is similar but way more cluttered in its functionality.
mixed · u/P****p · r/photography · comment · Jul 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Have a look at the find and remove duplicates tool in digikam which is free. ... It is free and you can indicate how similar photos should be to be marked as 'duplicate'. It can help you organize your photo collection too.
positive · u/L****r · r/photography · comment · Jul 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I recommend that you take back the sovereignty of your data and images, and use FOSS software such as darktable and digikam.
positive · u/M****e · r/photography · comment · Jul 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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