Show all pictures recursively (include any subfolders)

Does anyone know an app that allows to get an overview about all pictures of a folder, including all subfolders?

I would like to browse through my filesystem and then have an overview of all pictures of the current folder, like Adobe Bridge (on a Mac).

Solution 1:

Not an application but an useful tool to recursively show the pictures of a folder and a subfolder:

feh --recursive --auto-zoom --geometry 1600x1000 ~/Pictures

It can also generate an image with the thumbnails:

feh -r -i ~/Pictures -O index.png

It is not exactly what you (and I) were looking for, but it is the only option I have found in Linux at the moment to recursively explore the images of a directory.

Solution 2:

Shotwell Photo Manager

Shotwell is a digital photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment. It allows you to import photos from disk or camera, organize them in various ways, view them in full-window or fullscreen mode, and export them to share with others.

It is installed by default. Import your main folder (and all sub folders automatically) via File → Import from Folder. I also suggest to check "Watch library directory for new files" in Edit → Preferences → Library.

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Solution 3:

Nomacs goes in this direction, but is not exactly what you asked.

I had the very same question for a long time now since the best organization of pictures is a tree directory, not a set of tags in database you risk to loose whenever you reinstall your linux.

Nomacs has an option in File menu called "Scan folder recursive" that enables jumping from a subfolder to another, in view mode, in slideshow mode or whatever. It doesn't show all the thumbnails in a same place though.

In panels menu, "Thumbnail preview" allows you to view very quickly your folder contents. It just needs a browsing option that shows folders next to another in a timeline fashion. Let's make a feature request, the devs are quite responsive :)