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Filmulator vs LightZone: catalog facts
FilmulatorLightZone
Free

Free and open source.

Free

Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.

Windows, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Film development simulation for natural-looking tones
  • Deliberately small set of controls
  • Processes camera RAW files
  • Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Much smaller feature set than larger raw developers
  • Small project maintained by one main developer
  • Smaller community than better-known RAW developers
  • Documentation lives mainly in the repository
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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