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LightZone vs ART: catalog facts
LightZoneART
Free

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

Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Processes camera RAW files
  • Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
  • It keeps RawTherapee's processing quality while cutting the number of controls, which makes the same raw engine much…
  • Smaller community than better-known RAW developers
  • Documentation lives mainly in the repository
  • Trading away controls means less fine adjustment than RawTherapee, and it has no library or cataloguing features.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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