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
   * ...