FITS Liberator Alternatives

FITS Liberator is described as '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' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to FITS Liberator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best FITS Liberator alternative is Siril, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FITS Liberator are DeepSkyStacker, AvisFV, SAOImageDS9 and Regim.

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  1. Siril icon

    Siril

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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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. AvisFV icon

    AvisFV

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    AvisFV is a free FITS viewer for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (compatible also with most Linux and Mac if WINE is installed).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. SAOImageDS9 icon

    SAOImageDS9

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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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. R

    Regim

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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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  7. PixInsight icon

    PixInsight

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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
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  9. Astro App icon

    Astro App

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    The Astro App is a tool for exploring the night sky and tracking celestial events. It's primarily targeted for amateur astrophotographers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Fitswork icon

    Fitswork

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    Fitswork is a windows image processing program, mainly designed for astronomic purposes. It contains batch processing, histogram functions, many filters, etc. Fitswork works entirely in floating-point arithmetic.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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