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RapidRAW

A non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

RapidRAW is a RAW processing program, available on Windows and Linux. Other documented uses: photo editing.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and in its Winget manifest: hardware acceleration.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “A non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “A non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of RapidRAW is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

RapidRAW is a modern, high-performance alternative to Adobe Lightroom®. It delivers a simple, beautiful editing experience in a lightweight package (under 20MB) for Windows, macOS, and Linux. I started developing this project as a personal challenge when I was 18. My goal was to create a high-performance tool for my own photography workflow while deepening my understanding of React, WGSL and Rust, with the support from Google Gemini.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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