What venue is best for keeping up with and learning about DigiKam?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi James,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your long-standing experience with
digiKam. It’s always valuable to hear from users who have been part of the
community for so long.

To address your question: *the r/digikam subreddit is currently the most
active and visible platform for discussions, support, and idea exchange*.
Here’s why I personally recommend it:

   - *Visibility and Audience*: Reddit’s structure makes it easy for new
   users to discover digiKam and for questions to reach a wide audience. It’s
   also well-indexed by search engines, so solutions shared there often appear
   in chat boot responses.
   - *Practicality*: It supports screenshots, screencasts, history search,
   and formatted text, which are essential for troubleshooting or sharing
   workflows.
   - *Moderation*: The subreddit is moderated, which helps keep discussions
   focused and spam-free.
   - *Activity*: While the mailing list remains useful (and I still
   participate there), Reddit sees more frequent interactions and
   contributions from both users and developers.

I understand your hesitation about Reddit’s authority—it’s a valid concern.
However, the digiKam team and many experienced users (including myself)
actively engage there to ensure accurate information is shared. Of course,
for official announcements, the digikam.org website
<https://www.digikam.org> remains the primary source.

If you’re looking for a central hub, *r/digikam is the place to be*. That
said, I’d love to hear your perspective: what kind of platform or features
would make you feel more confident in engaging with the community?

Best regards,
Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 10 juin 2026 à 22:11, Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr> a
écrit :

> On mercredi 10 juin 2026 22:04:42 heure d’été d’Europe centrale James Orr
> wrote:
> (...)
> > The most recent post on pixls.us seems to be from 2017. Again, seems to
> me
> > that there is nothing here worth considering.
>
> (...)
>
> Well, that depends on where you look on pixls.us, discuss.pixls.us is
> somewhat
> active (5 active threads the last few weeks), and questions do get
> answered
> there relatively quickly.
>
> Of course, no thread starters means little activity. Not necessarily a bad
> thing, if it means there are few problems...
>
>
>
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