Advanced Search Improvements Using Natural Language Query

Natural Language Search in digiKam – GSoC 2026 Project by Srirupa Datta

We are excited to announce the successful integration of Natural Language Search in digiKam, developed by Srirupa Datta as part of the Google Summer of Code 2026 program. This new feature allows users to search their photo collections using plain English queries, making it easier than ever to find specific images without manually configuring filters.

What’s New?

With Natural Language Search, you can now type queries like:


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.digikam.org/news/2026-08-20-advanced_search_improvements_with_llm/

So, just to be clear, this search won’t find any pictures of mountains unless I have manually tagged the photo with ‘mountain’?

Welcome here @devlo75

yes, you will search any kind of existing metadata, as EXIF, tags, labels, etc.

It’s not a visual pattern search.