Shotwell Architecture Overview

1. Sections

• Source Code Organization

• User Interface

• Data Structures

• Importing

• Media and Media Interfaces

• Performance via Aggregation and Transactions

• Photo File Formats

• Photo Pipeline

• RAW Files and RAW Developments

• Photo Editor

• Thread Model

• Pixbuf and Thumbnail Caching

• Database

• Runtime Monitoring and Auto-import

• Background Metadata Writing

• Commands and Command Manager (Undo/Redo)

• Logging

2. Plugins

• Writing Shotwell Plugins (for plugin developers)

  • Web Publishing Extension Point

  • Slideshow Transition Extension Point