TagStudio vs Tropy

Comparing two open source alternatives to Eagle and Adobe Lightroom and DEVONthink and Adobe Bridge. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

TagStudio

GPL-3.0

Tag and organize photos and files in place, with a tag library stored next to your folders instead of a proprietary catalog.

AGPL-3.0

Desktop app for organising, describing and annotating photographs of archival research material.

	TagStudio	Tropy
License	GPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	No	No
GitHub Stars	7,254	1,160
Forks	470	68
Open Issues	257	223
Last Commit	Oct 28, 2026	Oct 27, 2026
First Released	Apr 17, 2024	Nov 3, 2015
Categories	Photo Management	Research & Archival Tools
Tags	#photo-management #tagging #photo gallery #metadata #file-manager	#photo gallery #transcription #annotation #research #archival

Powerful, cross-platform open source raw photo processing program and a strong alternative to Adobe Lightroom.

Open source photography workflow application and raw developer for organizing, editing, and exporting large photo libraries.

Self-hosted, booru-style gallery that tags, searches and deduplicates a local image, video and comic collection.

Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in Rust — photo library and raw development, local-first.