RawTherapee

RawTherapee is ranked #2 of 160 in photo editing software on The Geeks Club, made by RawTherapee. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Free Free free of charge GPLv3 license · no digital asset management, printing, or uploading features rawtherapee.com · 30 Sept 2026

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RawTherapee

Platform: desktop
RAW photo support: Yes
Layer editing: No
Masking tools: Yes
Batch editing: Yes
Purpose: RawTherapee is a free, cross-platform raw image processing program for developing raw files.
Target users: It targets enthusiast newcomers through professional photographers.
Processing: It provides a non-destructive, 32-bit floating-point processing engine.
Raw support: It supports raw files from a broad range of digital cameras, including HDR DNG files.
Image formats: It supports non-raw JPEG, TIFF, and PNG files.
Demosaicing: It provides advanced control over demosaicing and development, including multiple demosaicing algorithms.
Batch processing: It can batch process developed images and copy or paste editing parameters across files.
Command line: It includes command-line usage in addition to its graphical interface.
GIMP integration: RawTherapee can open raw images from GIMP as a plugin and import the edited image back into GIMP.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Photo Editing Software in 2026#2 of 160
Best Batch Photo Processing Software in 2026#3 of 36
Best RAW Photo Processing Software in 2026#1 of 25

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Sources

rawtherapee.com· checked 20 Sept 2026
github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawtherapee.com/2013/08/features/· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/GIMP_Plugin· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawtherapee.com/downloads/· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawtherapee.com/downloads/5.13/· checked 30 Sept 2026