RAWmakaseCatalog import
Open a Lightroom Classic catalog and get your ratings, flags, color labels, keywords and compatible develop settings, with folder relinking. The original catalog and your photos are never written to.
Free · No subscription · Open source
RAWmakase
The Lightroom-compatible RAW editor. Free, open source and fast.
RAWmakase is a free RAW photo editor for Linux and macOS, with no subscription and no lock-in. Bring your Lightroom Classic catalog, presets and camera profiles, keep editing with the Library and Develop controls you already know, and let the GPU keep up with you.
macOS 15+ (Apple Silicon & Intel) · Linux · Windows soon
Video tour coming soon
Lightroom-compatible
Bring your Lightroom work with you.
Years of catalogs, presets and profiles don't have to stay behind. RAWmakase reads them, and the Library and Develop layout will feel familiar from the first minute.
Lightroom presets
Import the XMP presets you already own or bought, and apply them in one click.
Camera profiles
Import DCP and XMP camera profiles, so colors start from the rendering you're used to.
Rendering aims for close, not exact, parity with Lightroom.
Free
No subscription. No catch.
RAWmakase is free and open source. There's nothing to renew, and your photos and edits stay with you.
Free
No price, no subscription, no trial. Every feature, for everyone.
Open source
MIT licensed on GitHub. Read the code, file issues, or build it yourself.
Yours to keep
Edits live in a local catalog you own, and your originals are never modified.
And the rest
A complete RAW workflow.
Develop
White balance, Auto WB and tone, exposure, Shadows and Highlights, Clarity, Dehaze, curves, HSL, color grading, detail, crop, Transform and lens corrections.
Library
Catalogs, folders, collections, ratings, flags, labels, keywords and filters.
Spots & masks
Heal and Clone, plus brush, gradient and range masks. Early, and improving.
Non-destructive
Originals are never modified. Edits live in the catalog and every write is atomic.
Linux first-class
Native .deb, .rpm and Arch packages, built and tested with every release.
Command line
Inspect, render, export and import catalogs without the GUI.
Download · v0.1.8
Take a seat.
Free and open source. Pick the build for your system, or browse every release on GitHub.
macOS 15 Sequoia or newer
- Apple Silicon
rawmakase-v0.1.8-macos-arm64.dmg - Intel
rawmakase-v0.1.8-macos-x86_64.dmg - Homebrew cask
rawmakase.rb
Signed and notarized. Open the DMG and drag RAWmakase into Applications.
Linux x86_64
- Ubuntu 24.04+ · Debian 13+
rawmakase_0.1.8_amd64.deb - Fedora 43+
rawmakase-0.1.8-1.x86_64.rpm - Arch Linux
rawmakase-0.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst - Arch PKGBUILD
rawmakase-0.1.8-arch-recipe.tar.gz - Tarball
rawmakase-0.1.8-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
aarch64 builds arrive with the next release. Needs a working graphics driver (Vulkan).
Windows in progress
Coming soon.
Follow along on GitHub to know when the first build lands.