FotoBox vs Social Booth
FotoBox
tomikais.github.ioSocial Booth
photoboothsolutions.comSide by side
| Figure | FotoBox | Social Booth |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Photo Booth Software | 8.7 (#1) | 7.4 (#24) |
| Camera support | The application supports various DSLR cameras through gPhoto2 and also supports the Raspberry Pi Camera Module. | The product page lists support for Canon DSLR, mirrorless, Powershot, and webcam cameras. |
| Purpose | FotoBox is a free, open source application for operating a photo booth. | Social Booth is photo booth software for Windows that captures photos and videos, supports printing, and uploads media to social platforms. |
| Support | The README directs bug reports to GitLab issues and user support to German or official Raspberry Pi forums. | The maker provides documentation, FAQs, training videos, how-to articles, and a support contact address. |
Plans
In their own words
FotoBox
FotoBox is a free, open-source photo-booth application for Linux, macOS, and Raspberry Pi OS. It works with a range of DSLR models, with compatibility checked against libgphoto2’s supported-camera list; DSLR operation requires gPhoto2. The official Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2 is described in the installation guide. Users can trigger a capture or begin a countdown by touching or clicking the display, using soft or hardware buttons, pressing keyboard shortcuts, or operating a presenter. A buzzer wired to Raspberry Pi GPIO can trigger the application when pigpio’s library and daemon are installed. FotoBox can also run on Linux without the X Window System through Qt for Embedded Linux. The maker describes it as customizable, fast, and low in memory use. Support is directed to German or English Raspberry Pi forums, while bugs and feature suggestions go to the GitLab issue tracker. The free open-source plan costs nothing.
Social Booth
Social Booth has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.