

The image editor window gives access to a wide range of editing tools.

Some of these duplicate images were in the same directory with slightly different. Upon investigation, it turned out that some of the images were in fact duplicate images. Tabs at the left allow you to view the folder structure, ratings, keywords/tags, a timeline, advanced search functions, image similarity (great for winnowing duplicates or near duplicates), maps/geolocation, and people indexing (it can search images for faces and if you give names to faces, it will try to find similar faces in other photos, allowing you to search for specific people, once you have identified that person in photos). When I closed digikam and inspected the databases created using SQLite Database Browser, to my surprise, there were more images in the database than there were UniqueHashes. And it is free, so costs nothing to try it out.ĭigiKam’s main screen. It isn’t a slick or as fast as Lightroom, but it offers a huge array of features, notably in digital asset management (cataloging, metadata editing, organising, searching etc) that is lacking in most image processing software.
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My impression is that this free program provides a lot of power. Some links to reviews are at the bottom (not all are for the latest version). Below are some screen shots to give you a feel for the program. There is extensive documentation at the DigiKam website. It supports a huge range of file formats. It has powerful RAW file editing and a non-destructive workflow (edits are saved in a database). It has strong digital asset management and a comprehensive processing workflow. DigiKam is a free, open-source package for Linux, windows and macOS.
