Raw Photo Editors

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  1. GIMP icon
     4657 likes

    Advanced image manipulation tool offering comprehensive tools for photo retouching, composition, and batch processing in a free package.

    • Digital Painting Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
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    Best alternatives are Krita iconKritaandPaint.NET iconPaint.NET182 alternatives
  2. Adobe Photoshop icon
     2403 likes

    Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics...

    Adobe Photoshop screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandAffinity Photo iconAffinity Photo217 alternatives
  3. Affinity Photo icon
     543 likes

    Real-time raster graphics editor with non-destructive edits, unlimited layers, and workspace for RAW editing, supporting major colour spaces and formats.

    Affinity Photo screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandKrita iconKrita92 alternatives
  4. Ente Photos icon
     106 likes

    End-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos / iCloud Photos, that makes it easy to backup and share photos and videos.

    • Photo Manager
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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  5. nomacs icon
     231 likes

    nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.

    • Image Viewer
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
    nomacs screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are IrfanView iconIrfanViewandXnView MP iconXnView MP90 alternatives
  6. XnView MP icon
     379 likes

    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    XnView MP screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are IrfanView iconIrfanView140 alternatives
  7. Photopea icon
     311 likes

    Browser-based editing supports complex layers, masks, and adjustment tools, opens PSD, XCF, Sketch files, and exports in over 40 formats, all client-side for privacy.

    Photopea screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandKrita iconKrita104 alternatives
  8. digiKam icon
     337 likes

    Advanced digital photo management software with features to organize, tag, compare, and process photo collections, supporting multiple formats including RAW.

    • Photo Manager
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
    Image editor
    Best alternatives are darktable icondarktableandPhotoPrism iconPhotoPrism96 alternatives
  9. darktable icon
     315 likes

    Open source non-destructive RAW photo editor and image database with lighttable and darkroom views, real-time editing, HDR and scientific image support.

    Darktable’s lighttable mode showing a collection
    Best alternatives are RawTherapee iconRawTherapeeanddigiKam icondigiKam63 alternatives
  10. RawTherapee icon
     225 likes

    Powerful cross-platform raw photo processing software offering advanced user control over demosaicing and development. Supports HDR DNGs and image formats.

    • Raw Photo Editors
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    RawTherapee screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are darktable icondarktableanddigiKam icondigiKam53 alternatives
  11. Sly icon
     31 likes

    Offline image editor offering brightness, contrast adjustments, vignette, border effects, and more; exports as JPEG or PNG with metadata options.

    • Image Editor
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Online
    Sly screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandPaint.NET iconPaint.NET33 alternatives
  12. Adobe Lightroom icon
     466 likes

    Powerful photo editing and organizing with cloud backup, available on multiple devices including mobile, web, and desktop.

    • Photo Manager
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Adobe Lightroom screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are darktable icondarktableandRawTherapee iconRawTherapee118 alternatives
  13. XnView Classic icon
     438 likes

    XnView Classic is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows with built-in support for over 500 image formats.

    • Image Viewer
    • Free PersonalProprietary
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    Viewer Window (windows version)
    Best alternatives are IrfanView iconIrfanViewandXnView MP iconXnView MP144 alternatives
  14. Pixelmator icon
     420 likes

    Image editing app featuring nondestructive, GPU-powered tools with machine learning enhancements for editing on macOS and iOS platforms.

    Pixelmator screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandAdobe Photoshop iconAdobe Photoshop148 alternatives
  15. Photoscape icon
     260 likes

    PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

    Photoscape screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are GIMP iconGIMPandAdobe Photoshop iconAdobe Photoshop193 alternatives