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Sly

Sly is a user-friendly, offline image editor requiring no expertise; adjust brightness, contrast, apply effects, and export in JPEG or PNG formats with control over metadata.

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Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Online
  • Android
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
4.1
Very Good7 reviews
56likes
6comments
0articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  RAW Photo Editors
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No registration required
  5.  No Tracking
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Color correction
  8.  Export to PNG
  9.  Export to JPEG
  10.  Vignetting correction
  11.  Exposure correction

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  • holybreadman, dimanesterchuk, leandrormaced097 and drliu1202 liked Sly
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    Danilo_Venom added Sly as alternative to QuickEdit, Bunny Media Editor, Ayin and Ashampoo Photo Optimizer + 17 similar activities
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  • kelsonv reviewed Sly  

    Simple, friendly app for adjusting images without calling out to some cloud service. Good for fixing color balance, cropping, etc.

    Unfortunately it seems to drop all EXIF metadata, even when I tell the app to preserve it. 99% of the time I want to keep the timestamps at the very least! And sometimes I want to keep the location data.

Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
TBayAreaPat
2

Great for doing basics like crop, rotate, contrast, etc.

Kelson V
0

Simple, friendly app for adjusting images without calling out to some cloud service. Good for fixing color balance, cropping, etc.

Unfortunately it seems to drop all EXIF metadata, even when I tell the app to preserve it. 99% of the time I want to keep the timestamps at the very least! And sometimes I want to keep the location data.

Lehuga ntaps
1

Very simple editing capabilities but get the job done. Don't expect more like color accuracy and such

Paul
0

Simple, lightweight, and nicely designed image editor. It can do all the basic stuff (rotate, crop, contrast, luminosity, vignette, etc.), which is enough for 99% of photo editing. It's not as feature-complete as Snapseed icon Snapseed, for example, but it's completely free and open source.

tuva-hayabi
1

I use Sly for quick and dirty image manipulation. It has enough features to do basic stuff like brightness, contrast, saturation, noise reduction, sharpness, rotation and so on. But I miss a feature to change the size of the picture or the canvas.

Ákos Dián
1

Sly is interesting, because it tries to do a photo editing app, but it just doesn't understand any basic photo editing principal, so the final result is sub-par with any other photo editor. I am a professional photo editor, and I use darktable for precise color adjustments, and this app is just worst than lightroom in that regard. BUT if you want something simple and basic, it is a great option, just be aware, that it is really limited and the available tools are based on old and outdated photo editing practices...

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What is Sly?

Sly is an offline image editing tool that doesn't require internet or prior editing knowledge. It has a user-friendly interface for opening and editing images. Sly allows basic image adjustments like brightness and contrast modification, and effects application such as vignettes and borders. It also has image manipulation features for flipping, rotating, and cropping images. After editing, Sly can export the image in JPEG or PNG format with adjustable quality settings. It also lets users choose to keep metadata, including location information, during export.

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Sly information

  • Developed by

    kramo
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1
  • Alternatives

    20 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Sly, and it has gotten 56 likes

Sly was added to AlternativeTo by K0RR on and this page was last updated .