jBrout is able to :
* manage albums/photos (= folders/files)
* tag photos with IPTC keywords
* use internal jpeg thumbnail
* comment photos (with jpeg comment) and album (textfile in
folder)
* rotate loss-less jpeg (and internal jpeg thumbnail)
use EXIF info (date, size ..)
* search pictures (tags, comment, date, ...) (not implemented
yet)
* use plugins (to export to html/gallery, to act like
a httpserver, to export pictures to be mailed, ...)
* work without database ! (just a xmlfile which can be rebuild
from scratch)
* handle a lot of photos (jbrout's author claims to have more than 20000
of them)
* upload photos to a flickr account
* ...