Features


Table of Contents

This page provides a concise overview of the features and tools available in digiKam, covering the entire photographic workflow:

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Setup Database and Collections

Feature Preview
Supports multiple collections from different media (local, removable, or network) Setup Collections
Scans collections to populate a database with essential information Setup Database Files
Option to ignore directories and files during scan Setup Database Ignore Dirs
Database can be stored locally or on a remote server (Sqlite, MySQL, and MariaDB) Setup Database
Database files are organized by feature for simplified backups Setup Database Files
Core database to store item properties Database Core
Thumbnails database with PGF wavelets compression Database Thumbnails
Faces database with facial recognition vectors (using OpenCV) Database Faces
Similarity database to store image fingerprints to find duplicates Database Similarity

Import Items from Devices

Feature Preview
Supports all digital camera models compatible with GPhoto2 Import Camera
Supports USB Mass Storage devices Setup Camera
Delete, upload, and lock images Import Context Menu
Auto-rename and auto-rotate pictures Import Rename Rotate
Auto-create albums and custom script Import Albums Scripting
Lossless conversion and RAW to DNG conversion Import Raw DNG
Identify already downloaded items Import New Items
Display camera information Import Remote
Import from remote storage Import Remote
Import from digital scanner Import Scanner

Organize your Collections

Feature Preview
Albums are directories for images, raw files, and videos Album View
Supports hierarchical sub-albums Album Tree-View
Tags act as virtual albums Album Tags
Tags Manager for organizing tag hierarchies and properties Tags Manager
Labels for marking items (rating, color, pick) Labels Menu
Group items by file name, date, or time-lapse Group Items
Add tags, comments, and advanced textual properties to items Edit Captions
Sort albums by folder, category, and creation date Sort Albums
Sort items by name, path, date, file size, or manually Sort Items
Filter items by rating, filename, file type, tags, and labels Filter Items

Search in your Collections

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By Tags Search Tags
By Labels (rating, color marks, flags) Search Labels
By Dates using calendar Search Calendar
By Time Range using timeline histogram Search Timeline
By Geolocation using world maps Search Geolocation
By Similarity to find duplicates or specific shapes Search Similarity
By Faces (detection and recognition) Search Faces
Advanced Search Tool perform complex queries for quick searches using technical criteria Search Advanced

Browse Compare and View Items

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Icon view: Display items as thumbnails Preview Mode
Map view: Show item positions on a world map Geolocation Mode
Table view: Display items as a list Tableview Mode
Video support: Thumbnails, preview, and metadata Video Preview
RAW pictures support using LibRaw Raw Options
Light Table: Compare similar pictures side by side Light Table
Color Management support using ICC profiles Color Management
Customizable thumbnail sizes with Hdpi monitor support Thumbnail Options
Sidebar for displaying item information Right Sidebar

Edit your Items

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Fast image editor with cropping, rotation, and flipping 🔗doc Image Editor Transform Menu
Image versioning support to not lost original 🔗doc Image Editor Versioning
16 bits color depth support by pixels to preserve the best quality 🔗doc Image Editor 16 bits
Color Management support to render an process the real colors on your workflow 🔗doc Image Editor Colors Management
Raw Import as Native (based on Libraw) or using an external tool (DarkTable, RawTherapee, etc.) 🔗doc Image Editor Raw Import Tool

Post-processing

Plugins Architecture

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Append new functionalities for all digiKam components using Generic modules Generic Plugins
Append new editing functionalities using Image Editor modules Image Editor Plugins
Append new file encoding and decoding functionalities using ** Image Loader modules** Image Loader Plugins
Append new Raw pre-processing functionalities using Raw Import modules Raw Import Plugins
Append new Batch processing functionalities using BQM modules BQM Plugins

Generic Plugins

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Print creator [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/print_creator.html Print Creator Plugin
Create calendars [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/calendar_tool.html Calendar Plugin
Adjust time and date [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/time_adjust.html Time Adjust Plugin
Share items with DLNA/UPnP devices [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/media_server.html DLNA Plugin
Geolocation editor [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/geolocation_editor.html Geolocation Plugin
Create presentations [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/slideshow_tools/presentation_tool.html Presentation Plugin
Create panoramas [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/pano_creator.html Panorama Plugin
Create HTML Gallery [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/html_gallery.html Create Html Plugin
Create video slideshows [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/video_slideshow.html Video Slideshow Plugin
Send items by email [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/send_images.html Send by Mail Plugin
Edit metadata [🔗doc](https://docs.digikam.org/en/post_processing/metadata_editor.html Metadata Editor Plugin
Powerful G’Mic-Qt image filters collection (Layer Mode) 🔗doc G’Mic-Qt Plugin

Image Editor Plugins

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Hue/Saturation/Luminosity correction 🔗doc HSL Correction Plugin
Brightness/Contrast/Gamma correction 🔗doc BCG Correction Plugin
Color Balance adjustment 🔗doc Color Balance Plugin
Auto-correction tools (Normalize, Equalize, Auto levels, Stretch Contrast) 🔗doc Auto Correction Plugin
Color-Space conversion 🔗doc Color-Space Conversion Plugin
Red-eye correction 🔗doc Red-Eyes Correction Plugin
Apply Texture over image 🔗doc Texture Plugin
Aspect Ratio-Crop 🔗doc Ratio Crop Plugin
Camera sensor Noise Reduction 🔗doc Noise Reduction Plugin
Lens correction using Lensfun 🔗doc Lens Correction Plugin
Sharpening details of image (Simple Sharp, Unsharped Mask, Refocus) 🔗doc Sharpen Plugin
Powerful G’Mic-Qt image filters collection 🔗doc G’Mic-Qt Plugin
Background Blur to reproduce the lens depth-of-field 🔗doc Background Blur
Invert colors 🔗doc Invert Colors Plugin
Simple Blur effect 🔗doc Simple Blur Plugin
Rain Drops effect 🔗doc Rain Drops Plugin
Colors histogram Adjust Levels 🔗doc Adjust Levels Plugin
Colors histogram Adjust curves 🔗doc Adjust Levels Plugin
Colors White Balance 🔗doc White Balance Plugin
Black and White conversion 🔗doc Black and White Plugin
Free Rotation with auto-crop 🔗doc Free Rotation Plugin
Photograph Restoration 🔗doc Restoration Plugin
Local Contrast to simulate pseudo-HDR 🔗doc Local Contrast Plugin
Distortion effects 🔗doc Distortion Effects Plugin
Insert Text over image 🔗doc Insert Text Plugin
Advanced Blur effects 🔗doc Blur Effects Plugin
Oil Paint effect 🔗doc Oil Paint Plugin
Film Grain effect 🔗doc Film Grain Plugin
Color effects 🔗doc Color Effects Plugin
Charcoal effect 🔗doc Charcoal Drawing Plugin
Colors Channel Mixer 🔗doc Chanels Mixer Plugin
Add border around image 🔗doc Add Border Plugin
Emboss filter 🔗doc Emboss Image Plugin
Perspective tool 🔗doc Perspective Adjustments Plugin
Lens Vignetting 🔗doc Vignetting Plugin
Shear tool 🔗doc Shear Image Plugin
Liquid Rescale to preserve or drop subjects 🔗doc Liquid Rescale Plugin
Hot Pixels correction 🔗doc Hot Pixels Plugin

Queues Batch Processing

Feature preview
Host items in Queues for batch processing BQM Queues
Image versioning support to not lost original BQM Versioning
Dedicated settings per queue (target album, RAW decoding, renaming, etc.) BQM Settings
BQM plugins provide the same tools as the Image Editor BQM Tools
Plugins can be chained for faster processing BQM Chained
Parallelized processing using multi-cores
Save and restore queue settings as workflows
Advanced rename queue items support BQM Rename
Save queue processed items at customized target place BQM Target
RAW image import BQM RAW
DNG image converter BQM DNG
Powerful G’Mic processor batch tool BQM G’Mic Processor

Share and Publish Items

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Share items with DLNA/UPnP devices DLNA Plugin
Share items as MJPEG stream MJPEG Plugin
Export to local directory Local Export Plugin
Export to remote computer Remote Export Plugin
Export to Dropbox DropBox Export Plugin
Export to Flickr Flickr Export Plugin
Export to Inaturalist INaturalist Export Plugin
Export to OneDrive OneDrive Export Plugin
Export to Piwigo Piwigo Export Plugin
Export to Pinterest Pinterest Export Plugin
Export to Box Box Export Plugin
Export to MediaWiki Mediawiki Export Plugin

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