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.
RAWmakase
/raw·muh·KAH·say/, RAW + omakase
The Lightroom-compatible RAW editor. Free, open source and fast.
RAWmakase is a free RAW photo editor for macOS, Linux and Windows, 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.
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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.
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.
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.
Take a seat.
Version 0.1.10, free and open source. Pick the build for your system, or browse every release on GitHub.
macOS 15 Sequoia or newer
Signed and notarized. Open the DMG and drag RAWmakase into Applications.
Linux x86_64
- Ubuntu 24.04+ or Debian 13+
rawmakase_0.1.10_amd64.deb - Fedora 43+
rawmakase-0.1.10-1.x86_64.rpm - Arch Linux
rawmakase-0.1.10-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst - Arch PKGBUILD
rawmakase-0.1.10-arch-recipe.tar.gz - Tarball
rawmakase-0.1.10-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
For aarch64, get the arm64 .deb, aarch64 .rpm or tarball from the release page. Needs a working graphics driver (Vulkan).
Windows 10 or newer, x86_64
- Installer
rawmakase-v0.1.10-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-setup.exe - Portable zip
rawmakase-v0.1.10-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
Installs for your user account, no administrator rights needed. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so if SmartScreen warns, choose More info, then Run anyway.
Let your agent install it
Point your AI agent to github.com/pch/rawmakase/releases and tell it to install the latest version for your operating system. Or copy this prompt:
Install the latest release of RAWmakase for my operating system from https://github.com/pch/rawmakase/releases. Pick the right package for my OS and CPU architecture, verify it against the release's checksums, install it, and tell me how to launch it.