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DigiKam

digiKam is a free, open-source digital photo manager that catalogs, edits, and shares large photo and video libraries.

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digiKam is a free, open-source digital photo manager that catalogs, edits, and shares large photo and video libraries. It is aimed at self-hosters and photographers who want a full-featured, database-backed replacement for commercial photo management on their own hardware.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

66/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 7 days ago
Popular
3879 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
502 GB minimum RAM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 9 days ago

GitHub stars
79
Open issues
1
Last commit
2026-10-05
Latest release
9.1.0-ls329
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
rising

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-digikam)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 2 GB RAM, 500 MB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Choose a photo folder layout first Before you import photos, decide on a simple folder structure like year, then event or location, and stick to it. This makes it easier to find, export, and back up your pictures later instead of digging through one giant mixed-up folder. source

Fetched 14 days ago - each note links to its source

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Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

What folder structure should I choose before importing photos into digiKam?

Choose a simple layout such as year, then event or location, before importing. Sticking to it makes it easier to find, export, and back up pictures later.

Can digiKam store photo collections on network storage and use a remote database?

Yes, digiKam supports multiple collections on local, removable, or network media. It can also store its database on local or remote servers.

Can I view digiKam-managed photos in a browser?

One self-hosted user uses digiKam to tag pictures and Pigallery2 to view them in a browser. That setup includes tag and face metadata search.

Does digiKam tag faces automatically?

Yes, it can automatically detect and tag faces in your photos. This makes it easier to find and organize images of specific people.

Answers sourced from docs.digikam.org, www.digikam.org, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 13 days ago - public community threads