Shotwell murongi wemifananidzo akagadzirirwa kupa wega mafoto manejimendi kune iyo GNOME desktop nharaunda. Muna 2010, yakatsiva F-Spot seyakajairwa mufananidzo chishandiso kune akati wandei GNOME-based Linux kugovera, kusanganisira Fedora muvhezheni 13 uye Ubuntu mukuburitswa kwayo 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.