digiKam, KDE's photo 馃摲 and image manager, reaches version 8.8.0.
This version includes importing and exporting tag hierarchies to and from text files; consistent and accurate color representation across macOS, Windows and Linux (with Wayland); an enhancement tool that lets you blur backgrounds or subject in a photo, enabling creative depth-of-field effects; among many other new features and improvements.
https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement/
creenshot of the new editor enhancement showing a selected element (a boar) in a picture.
Screenshot of the color management dialog showing a triangle of color.
A screenshot of the Tag Manager and the menu item that lets you export tags to a text file.
General view of digiKam with previews of pictures across the top, a full size view of the selected image (a cute doggie) in the central pane, and the image's metadata in a pane on the right.
