JBrout

JBrout is a JPEG format picture management application. Released under the GNU General Public License, JBrout is free software.

Created in 2002 by Marc Lentz, this software is cross-platform (Linux and Microsoft Windows) and allows the user – through a user-friendly interface – to associate keywords to pictures (IPTC tags) and perform extensive searches on these keywords.

Features

The software allows navigation:

• by album (similar to a file explorer),
• by tag (that a user can create and file by category/sub-category),
• or by time period (using Exif data, JBrout files them per day/month).

Many features are incorporated in the software, making it possible to:

• rotate pictures losslessly,
• use and modify Exif information,
• create a HTML gallery,
• export pictures on a Flickr account or Google Picasa Web Album,
• modify selected pictures with another software,
• or use a basket system to select images.

Advantages of JBrout

• Keywords are stored with the pictures (using IPTC metadata), making their exchange easier: When sending a picture, its associated keywords are also sent. This method of storing information offers a certain durability of data since keywords are not dependent on an external file.
• JBrout uses thumbnails (mini-pictures) associated with the picture (Exif info). This prevents creating extra files while allowing reasonably fast previews.
• JBrout can create a large collection of pictures very quickly.

Limits of JBrout

For now, JBrout handles JPEG format pictures only. This format is commonly used by digital cameras.

External links

• Project home page
• Old project home page
• Newsgroup
• Online support for JBrout