Adobe Lightroom Alternatives

Adobe Lightroom is described as 'Powerful photo editing and organizing with cloud backup, available on multiple devices including mobile, web, and desktop' and is a very popular Photo Manager in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Lightroom for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android apps. The best Adobe Lightroom alternative is darktable, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe Lightroom are RawTherapee, GIMP, digiKam and RapidRAW.

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  1. Enjoy a professional, intuitive photo workflow from CyberLink with tools for advanced editing, management, and enhancement. Native RAW support ensures authentic color and seamless flow from import to final output, offering a complete and non-destructive editing experience.

    62 CyberLink PhotoDirector alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. Edit RAW photos non-destructively from over 700 cameras, with full tone and color controls, XMP sidecar support, real-time histogram, EXIF viewing, batch export, and advanced cull and review workflow on Windows, macOS, and Linux with no registration required.

    39 PhotoFlare Lens alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor makes it easy to create the photos you’ve always envisioned. Apply stunning effects and filters, work with object layers effortlessly, quickly correct common photo flaws, and make advanced edits like a pro.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Ashampoo Photo Commander provides robust photo management, editing, and sharing, along with audio and video features. It includes automatic image optimization, batch processing, and tools for red-eye correction, noise reduction, and slideshow creation with transitions and music.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Litrato icon
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    Litrato is an app for editing photos and saving those changes to the gallery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. OM Workspace icon
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    OM Workspace features a customizable screen layout and high-speed RAW preview, supporting various styles of photography workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Photomator icon
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    Mobile editor offers 30+ color adjustments, AI upscaling, smart selection, noise removal, object eraser, RAW and Apple ProRAW support, film-style presets, batch edits, real-time histograms, deep Photos and iCloud integration, plus LUT export and pro-level features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. photivo icon
     36 likes

    Photivo is a multi platform photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision. Photivo tries to give the user as much control as possible to express his creativity and to allow flexible adjustments for the various needs in photography.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP
     
  9. PhotoNest helps photographers organize faster — batch rename, sort by metadata, geotag, clean EXIF, and find duplicates. A simple Windows app built for speed, privacy, and control — no cloud, no sign-in.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Mylio Photos icon
     41 likes

    Integrates photos from various devices into a unified, organized library, syncing collections across Apple, Android, and Windows while preserving folder structures. Enables multi-platform editing, advanced search, sharing, RAW support, offline syncing, metadata tools, and secure management.

    172 Mylio Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. Exposure X7 icon
     7 likes

    The new Exposure X7 combines professional grade photo adjustments, a huge library of gorgeous photo looks, and an efficient design that is a joy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Exposure X7 vs Adobe Lightroom Comments
    DalsPhotography
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    Outdate, don't know what happened to this company, as it was a good program, but hasn't been updated in about two years now.

    • Exposure X7 is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Lightroom is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Exposure X7 is a Raw Photo Editor Adobe Lightroom is a Photo Manager
  12. Silkypix icon
     6 likes

    SILKYPIX is a RAW converter software for digital images. The software provides color management engine which features ICC profiles and other functions like white balancing, contrast, sharpness, saturation, lens correction, image perspective and trimming, outputting and printing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Silkypix vs Adobe Lightroom Comments
    DalsPhotography
    Positive
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    I still use it, though it's slow and sometimes cumbersome, but for Fuji.raf photos sometimes it gives me the best first results. Output to Tiff and work with any other program from there. Recently sold to another japanese company , so I don't know which future this program will have. I use studio pro 11 from their versions.

    • Silkypix is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Lightroom is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Silkypix is a Raw Photo Editor Adobe Lightroom is a Photo Manager
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