KPhotoAlbum
The facts below are what the maker publishes about KPhotoAlbum, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From KPhotoAlbum's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| KPhotoAlbum | Free | Free, open-source Linux photo management application |
The facts
Each one read from KPhotoAlbum's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Browsing and filtering
- Users can browse images by category tags and narrow results to a selected date range.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Categories
- Default browser categories include Event, Places, People, and Token, and users can add or remove categories in settings.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project provides a quick start page, a three-minute tour, and links to online and PDF documentation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The KDE Applications page lists KIPI Plugins, described as plugins for KDE applications to export images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The project describes KPhotoAlbum as a tool for people organizing hundreds or thousands of images on a hard drive.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The KDE Applications page lists KPhotoAlbum under the GPL-3.0 license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The 6.2.0 release notes say exported .kim files are prevented from exceeding 4 GB.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- The pages opened for this research did not state a security certification or compliance claim.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- KPhotoAlbum tags and manages a photo collection so it can be searched.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project lists Matrix chat, a mailing list, and Bugzilla for questions, discussion, bug reports, and feature requests.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tagging
- Its annotation dialog supports annotating one image or a set of images, and the project says it is optimized for quick tagging.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Video support
- The 6.2.0 release added support for a QtMultimedia video backend.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux installation
- KPhotoAlbum is included in most Linux distributions and can generally be installed through a graphical software center or package manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
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