DeepSkyStacker Alternatives for Mac

DeepSkyStacker is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Siril, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to DeepSkyStacker and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to DeepSkyStacker are FITS Liberator, SAOImageDS9, PixInsight and Starry Landscape Stacker.

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  1. Siril icon
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    Siril is an astronomical image processing tool, able to convert, pre-process images, help aligning them automatically or manually, stack them and enhance final images.

    9 Siril alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    lots of automated processes self explanatory AND runs on MAC!!!!

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    Siril is the number one software alternative to DeepSkyStacker

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Siril is Free and Open SourceDeepSkyStacker is Free and Proprietary
  2. FITS Liberator GUI image processing software has meant that it is even easier and faster to create color images using raw observations from a range of telescopes.

    9 FITS Liberator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SAOImageDS9 icon
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    SAOImageDS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps.

    9 SAOImageDS9 alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. PixInsight icon
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    PixInsight is an advanced image processing platform specialized in astrophotography and other technical imaging fields, constantly pushing the boundaries of astronomical image processing with the most powerful toolset available.

    7 PixInsight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Starry Landscape Stacker makes it possible to produce landscape photographs taken at night that have both low noise and stars rendered as points.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Regim makes some processing steps that are unique to astronomical images a bit easier. These steps are calibration (dark and flat), deblooming, registration, combination, color calibration, gradient removal and some more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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