shotwell(1)

📦
version 33.0 · 2 versions
  • 33.0 · alpine 3.24, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking (latest)
  • 0.30.17 · debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy
, in alpine 3.24, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 shotwell — bestie's guide to the digital photo manager 💖

okay so you found shotwell(1), the manual page for shotwell, and honestly? you're about to have a great time. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

shotwell — your digital photo manager, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

shotwell [OPTION]... [FILE]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so Shotwell is a digital photo organizer, and it was literally designed for the GNOME desktop environment. like, it belongs there. 🎀

here's the vibe: it lets you import photos from your disk or from a camera, organize them in all sorts of ways, view them in full-window mode or fullscreen mode, and export them so you can share them with other people. that's the whole main character energy right there. ✨

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -h, --help — shows you the help options. the classic. 🥰
  • -d, --datadir=FOLDER — points at the path to Shotwell's private data. > heads up bestie: using -d all by itself, without --profile --create, is considered deprecated and you should genuinely not be using it anymore. like, retire it. 🙈
  • --no-runtime-monitoring — do not monitor the library folder at runtime for changes. if you're the type who hates being perceived, this one's for you 💀
  • -f, --fullscreen — opens the viewer mode in fullscreen. ⚠️ it has no effect in library mode, so don't come for it when nothing happens.
  • --no-startup-progress — don't display the startup progress meter. skip the little loading moment, we're going straight in.
  • -V, --version — shows the application's version. slay, now you know what you're running 🌈
  • --display=DISPLAY — the X display to use. old school but iconic.
  • -p, --show-metadata — dumps all the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata of FILE. all of it. every last crumb. 🔥
  • -i, --profile=PROFILE — starts shotwell with a different profile. a profile is a set of settings plus a new private data dir, and that data dir can be overridden by specifying --datadir as well. two things, working together, bestie behavior fr fr.
  • -l, --list-profiles — shows you the available profiles. window shopping, but for profiles 👑
  • -b, --profile-browser — shows the available profiles in a dialog, and it comes with managing capabilities plus the ability to start Shotwell with a specific profile by double-clicking. double-click to launch? that's it, that's the dream. 💖

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

shotwell

shotwell

opens Shotwell with the user's library. the standard entrance. 🚪✨

shotwell FILE

shotwell FILE

opens an image file for direct editing. > but listen: the file is not imported into the library, and unsaved changes are lost on close. 😭 save your work, i am begging you.

shotwell --profile="Development environment"

shotwell --profile="Development environment"

opens shotwell using the profile named "Development environment". look at you, so organized. 🌸

⭐ NOTES ⭐

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Jim Nelson jim@yorba.org and Allison Barlow allison@yorba.org. legends, honestly. we thank them. 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie — this was the shotwell(1) manual, from the General Commands Manual, and it ate. periodt. 💅💖

📦 where this page comes from