tropy ☆

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Description:
Research photo management

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 1.17.3@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @tropy | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: research productivity photography metadata academic

Install: brew install --cask tropy

About:
Tropy is a research photo management application designed for historians, archivists, and researchers. It allows users to import, organize, and annotate large collections of digital photographs. The tool provides a powerful interface for adding metadata and transcriptions directly to images, streamlining the research workflow.

Key Features:

Flexible metadata templates for custom data entry
Batch import and organization of photo collections
Direct annotation and transcription on images
Powerful search and filtering capabilities
Export data to standard citation formats

Use Cases:

Organizing archival photographs for historical research
Managing visual data for academic fieldwork
Cataloging art history image collections

Alternatives:

Zotero – Zotero is a general-purpose citation manager that handles photos but lacks Tropy's deep image annotation features.
Lightroom – Lightroom is a professional photo editor focused on image enhancement, whereas Tropy is built for metadata management and research.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Jan 21, 2026 11:04am	1.17.3	0	VERSION_BUMP	1fa77bcf
Sep 15, 2025 1:06pm	1.16.2	0	VERSION_BUMP	81a650e5