Tropy The Tropy Developers and Contributors

Tropy is a free open-source tool designed to help researchers organize and describe photographs of research material efficiently. Built for today’s archival research, Tropy streamlines the process of managing and analyzing digital images, enabling researchers to spend less time searching for files and more time interpreting their sources.

Key Features:

• Turn Photos into Items: Transform generic image files into meaningful research items with descriptive metadata.
• Describe Sources: Capture your expertise by contextualizing artifacts and their photos through customizable templates.
• Organize Research: Use tags, lists, and flexible workflows to organize items according to the unique demands of your project.
• Annotate Photos: Utilize Tropy’s annotation tools to transcribe documents, select image details, and manipulate photographs for clearer analysis.
• Export Data: Export projects in formats like JSON-LD, CSV, or directly to Omeka S. Create custom export plugins if needed.

Audience & Benefit:

Ideal for researchers in history, art history, cultural studies, and related fields, Tropy helps professionals save time by simplifying the organization of research photos. It empowers users to focus on analysis rather than administrative tasks, ultimately enhancing productivity and clarity in their work.

Tropy is a sustainable tool built using SQLite, recommended by the Library of Congress for preservation. As an open-source project developed by historians and software engineers, Tropy reflects its commitment to accessibility and collaboration. It can be installed via winget and supports Linux, macOS, and Windows.