Design · paid tool
Adobe Lightroom alternatives
Photo workflow app for organising, editing, and syncing raw images.
Free alternatives
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Darktable
Ranking score 86.7/100
Non-destructive raw photo workflow with a database-backed library.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 4, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 13,331
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Darktable Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity13331 GitHub stars 17.6 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
RawTherapee
Ranking score 81.3/100
Raw photo processor for exposure, colour, and detail adjustments.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release July 26, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 4,253
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for RawTherapee Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 5 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity4253 GitHub stars 15.5 20% Feature coverage4 of 6 curated capability tags covered 13.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
digiKam
Ranking score 68.2/100
Photo manager for large local libraries with tagging and raw import.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Not available
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for digiKam Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 31.8 45.5% Repository activityNo repository metadata; activity unavailable (not enough data) — 0% PopularityNo repository metadata; traction unavailable (not enough data) — 0% Feature coverage3 of 6 curated capability tags covered 18.2 36.4% Costfree pricing model 18.2 18.2% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.