It's built to ease photography workflow by providing support for Raw image format, advanced photo editing options. (except 2 apps)įree and Open-source Photo Editing Programsĭarktable is an open-source photo editing software for photographers. Though this list is meant for macOS, almost all of the apps here supports Windows and Linux. Editing a photo with Apple native Photo App for publishing at InstagramĪs I consulted with some friends who are doing photography, and they are also Apple users for years, I was shocked that they don't know about free open source alternatives, so here comes this list.

Unlike Windows which has many free software alternatives macOS has a limited set of open-source software for photo editing, I noticed this while looking for alternatives to edit images I shot with phone and camera. As I started using macOS alongside Linux years ago, I kept using open-source software. Commercial photo editing software is not for everyone, most of them are for professionals, some are not easy to learn and overall they are not cheap.

Photo editors for macbook pro