Apps to Photo Organization

Lychee is a powerful, self-hosted photo management system that allows you to upload, manage, and share your photos with ease. With a beautiful interface, built-in privacy options, and support for various features, Lychee gives you full control over your digital photo collection.

Gallery Server is a powerful, web-based digital asset management (DAM) and web gallery solution designed to organize, share, and manage photos, videos, and other media files. It provides a centralized platform for individuals and groups to store, view, and distribute their digital collections.

Geeqie is a blazingly fast and extremely customizable Gtk+ based image viewer designed for Unix-like operating systems. It excels at efficient photo browsing, organization, and basic editing, making it an ideal tool for photographers and anyone dealing with large image collections.

GNU MediaGoblin is a free and decentralized web platform designed for hosting and sharing various forms of digital media. It empowers users to create their own media hosting instances, fostering a distributed and censorship-resistant network for images, videos, audio, and more. Emphasizing user control and open standards, it provides a community-driven alternative to centralized media platforms.

F-Spot is a discontiued, but capable photo management application specifically designed for the GNOME desktop environment. It offers a range of features for organizing, editing, and sharing personal photo collections, supporting various image formats.

ExifTool is a robust, free, and open-source meta-information toolkit for wide range of file formats including image, audio, video, and PDF. It allows users to read, write, and edit extensive metadata, making it an essential tool for photographers, archivists, and anyone managing digital files.

Darktable is a powerful, open-source and free photography workflow application and raw developer, offering professional-grade tools for managing and editing digital negatives. It's a non-destructive editor designed by photographers for photographers.

digiKam is a powerful, free, and open-source professional photo management application designed to handle large collections of digital photographs. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for organizing, tagging, editing, and publishing high-quality images across various platforms.