Since Tellico is turning 25 years old, I decided to use the current generative AI tools to create several new entry templates. There may be some quirks I didn’t find, but they cover a variety of layouts and design themes.
Tellico Turns 25!
Depending exactly on when I mark the date, Tellico is turning 25 years old this month. The ChangeLog tells me I released Bookcase 0.1 on November 4, 2001. Bookcase was the original name of the application. I renamed it to
Tellico 4.3 Released
Tellico 4.3 is available, with some additional capabilities, improvements, and bug fixes. I’ve received several code contributions from new people in the last few months and I wanted to say thanks. Depending a little on how I count it, Tellico
Tellico 4.2.2 Released
Tellico 4.2.2 is available, with some improvements and bug fixes.
Linux Magazine Reviews Tellico
Linux Magazine discusses Tellico in their September 2026 issue, in an article titled Let’s Collect, which covers Tellico, Recoll, Asunder, and Picard, among others. In this article we’re looking at Linux applications that you may want to try out if
Tellico 4.2.1 Released
Tellico 4.2.1 is available, with some improvements and bug fixes.
Tellico 4.2 Released
Tellico 4.2 is available, with some improvements and bug fixes. This release now requires Qt6 (> 6.5) as well as KDE Frameworks 6. One notable behavior change is that when images are removed from the collection, the image files themselves
Updated Tellico Handbook
Online publication of the documentation for many KDE applications has been updated to docs.kde.org. Tellico’s current handbook can be found there.
Working Build With KDE Frameworks 6
With KDE’s Frameworks 6 being released recently, I’ve been working on getting Tellico to compile with it. It didn’t actually take too much work since I’ve been gradually porting away from any deprecated functions in Qt5. There’s plenty to do
New Overlay Templates
I created a new Entry Template which uses the main image as a background and overlays a table of the information on top. You can download these directly from within Tellico from the Templates section of the configuration. Click the