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# Rapid Photo Downloader
[](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
Rapid Photo Downloader is a Linux desktop application that imports photos
and videos from cameras, phones, memory cards, and other devices at high
speed. It is written by a [photographer](https://damonlynch.net) for
professional and amateur photographers.
## Personal Note From the Developer
This project has only ever had one software developer. I developed a hand
injury from typing while working on the code in early 2022. Code development
has slowed considerably as I seek to recover from this serious injury. To
work around the injury, fortunately I am able to use the JetBrains editor
PyCharm in conjunction with the voice recognition tools Talon and Dragon
NaturallySpeaking on Windows / WSL2. While my ability to test the code
remains limited, at least I can write it.
I want to thank JetBrains for allowing me to use PyCharm Professional For
free under their [open source developer program](https://www.jetbrains.com/community/opensource/#support).
## Removal of the Install Script
Due to my hand injury (see above), I cannot maintain a custom `install.py`
script that I used to provide — testing the script in the variety of
Linux distributions it supports requires a lot of typing. The script is
therefore removed.
## User Survey
If you have any experience with Rapid Photo Downloader at all, including if
you no longer use it, please join hundreds of others by taking this survey:
[Survey of past, current, and potential users](https://survey.rapidphotodownloader.com/)
The responses are already making a real difference to the program’s future
development. The program collects no analytics whatsoever, so a survey like
this is truly helpful. Thank you in advance.
## Program Features
- Rename photos and videos with meaningful filenames you specify.
- Download vast numbers of photos and videos with minimum fuss.
- Back up photos and videos as they are downloaded.
- Downloads from and backs up to multiple devices simultaneously.
- Easy to configure and use.
- Configure program preferences without the need for complicated codes.
- Automate common tasks, such as unmounting a memory card when the download
is complete.
[Read more about its features at the program website](https://damonlynch.net/rapid/features.html).
## Documentation
[Full documentation is available at the program website](https://damonlynch.net/rapid/documentation/).
## Program Design
Rapid Photo Downloader is coded in Python. To get the best performance using
Python on modern multi-core computers, the program uses multiple OS-level
processes that communicate with each other using the messaging library
[0MQ](https://zeromq.org/).
[Learn more about the program's architecture](https://damonlynch.net/rapid/design.html).
## Issue Reporting
Report new issues on the
[developer's GitHub repository](https://github.com/damonlynch/rapid-photo-downloader/issues).
Historic issues are at the previous code repository,
[Launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/rapid).
## Releases
All project releases are hosted on the
[project's Launchpad repository](https://launchpad.net/rapid/+download).
## Support
Get support at the [Pixls.us discussion forum](https://discuss.pixls.us/).
## Installation
Install the program using your Linux distribution's standard tools,
e.g., apt, dnf, or zypper.
The program is currently not available as a Snap or flatpak because to
interact with cameras it requires being able to break out of the
confinement Snap and flatpak enforce. This may change in future if
there are workarounds for this confinement.
Advanced users may install the program using pip. Please note doing so
requires satisfying dependencies that cannot be satisfied with pip alone.
### Software Requirements
- Python 3.10 or newer, and its development headers
- [PyQt 5](https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro)
- [Qt 5](https://www.qt.io/)
- [Qt5 plugin for reading TIFF images](http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtimageformats-index.html)
- Qt5 plugin for rendering SVG
- [setuptools](https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/)
- [python-gphoto2 1.8.0](https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/python-gphoto2) or newer
- [show-in-file-manager 1.1.2](https://github.com/damonlynch/showinfilemanager) or newer
- [packaging](https://packaging.pypa.io/en/stable/)
- [pyzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq)
- [tornado](http://www.tornadoweb.org/)
- [psutil](https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil) 3.4.2 or newer
- [pyxdg](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg/)
- [Arrow](https://github.com/crsmithdev/arrow)
- [dateutil](https://labix.org/python-dateutil) 2.2 or newer
- [exiv2](http://www.exiv2.org/)
- [ExifTool](http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/)
- [EasyGUI](https://github.com/robertlugg/easygui)
- [Colour](https://github.com/vaab/colour)
- [pymediainfo](https://github.com/sbraz/pymediainfo)
- [SortedContainers](http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/)
- [Requests](http://docs.python-requests.org/)
- [Tenacity](https://github.com/jd/tenacity)
- [intltool](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool/)
- [Babel](http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/)
- [fuse](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/fuse.html)
- [imobiledevice-tools](https://libimobiledevice.org/)
- [ifuse](https://libimobiledevice.org/)
- [Python gobject introspection modules](https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/PyGObject):
- GUdev 1.0
- UDisks 2.0
- GLib 2.0
- GExiv2 0.10
- Gst 1.0
- Notify 0.7
Highly recommended, optional dependencies:
- [colorlog](https://github.com/borntyping/python-colorlog): generates coloured program output when
running Rapid Photo Downloader from the terminal.
- [pyprind](https://github.com/rasbt/pyprind): shows a progress bar on the command line while
running the program analyze_pv_structure.
- [pyheif](https://github.com/david-poirier-csn/pyheif): open HEIF / HEIC files
- [pillow](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow): work with HEIF / HEIC files
## License
[GPL3 or later](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0/).
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