# darktable (open-source image editor)

> darktable is a free, open-source image editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. It has 13,221 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of Adobe Lightroom.

darktable is an open source photography workflow application and non-destructive raw developer - a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images, enhance them and export them to local or remote storage.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 13,221 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | Adobe Lightroom |
| Language | C |
| Website | https://www.darktable.org |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Image editing & photo |
| Latest release | release-5.6.2 (Oct 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub org.darktable.Darktable
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/org.darktable.Darktable

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