Shotwell (software)
| Shotwell | |
|---|---|
Shotwell 0.30.4 in Arch Linux | |
| Developers | Yorba Foundation Elementary Jens Georg |
| Initial release | June 26, 2009 |
| Stable release | 0.32.15
/ 1 March 2026 |
| Preview release | 0.31.7
/ December 3, 2022 |
| Written in | Vala (GTK+) |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | GNOME |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Image organizer |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Website | gitlab |
| Repository | |
Shotwell is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop environment. In 2010, it replaced F-Spot as the standard image tool for several GNOME-based Linux distributions, including Fedora in version 13 and Ubuntu in its 10.10 Maverick Meerkat release.
In 2019, Shotwell was the target of a predatory lawsuit by Rothschild Patent Imaging against the GNOME Foundation claiming a patent infringement related to the use of WiFi to transfer photographic images. The case was resolved through agreement in 2020 and the patent itself invalidated in 2022 following a legal challenge from the open source development community.