digiKam 8.8.0 is released

[system]

Dear digiKam fans and users,

After four months of active development, bug triage, and feature integration, the digiKam team is proud to announce the stable release of digiKam 8.8.0. This version delivers significant improvements in performance, stability, and user experience, with a particular focus on image processing, color management, and workflow efficiency.

• New Features and Major Changes
  • General Updates and Porting
  • Tag Management
  • Preview and Camera Support
  • Color Management
  • Editor and Plugins
• Internal Components Update
• Notable Bug Fixes
• Generalities
• Future Plans
• Final Words

The digiKam team remains committed to providing a powerful, open-source digital photo management solution, continuously enhanced with new tools and optimizations for photographers and enthusiasts alike.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement/

[tomchiverton]

None of the image/video in the article load in the UK due to network level blocking at the hoster.
Consider self hosting, or use something that isn’t/can’t be geoblocked in future.

[darix]

with the recent legislation in the UK you will see a lot more geoblocking coming your way.

[tomchiverton]

Yeah, for sure. KDE shouldn’t assist them by using centralised image hosting when their own server is RIGHT THERE.

[paperdigits (Mica)]

It is the digiKam project that is using imgur because I assume it works for them.

[hdynamo]

All ImgUr links are removed and now all images are hosted on the server as Wepb format.

[tomchiverton]

Awesome, thanks ! They appear now.

[ArtemOstapov]

no auto tag feature?