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ØMQ vs Shotwell

A side-by-side look at ØMQ and Shotwell. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ØMQ

ØMQ

Development

ØMQ (also known as ZeroMQ) is an open-source messaging library that provides a flexible lightweight abstraction for distributed and concurrent applications. It offers a socket API for building fast and efficient asynchronous message-based applications.

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Shotwell

Shotwell

Photos & Graphics

Shotwell is an open source image organizer and editor for Linux. It has basic photo editing tools and allows organizing images into events and tags. Shotwell has features to import photos from cameras and export to sharing sites.

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