RapidRAW is a beautiful, non-destructive, GPU‑accelerated RAW image editor designed for speed and simplicity. It uses a lightweight (~30 MB), efficient code base built with Rust, React and Tauri. Ideal for Lightroom workflows, it offers rich editing tools—exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites/blacks, tone curves, HSL mixer, dehaze, vignetting, film grain, sharpening, clarity and noise reduction—processed in real-time on the GPU.
Features include intuitive masking (brush, linear, radial, AI-powered subject and foreground detection), generative edit layers (via ComfyUI), 32‑bit precision, and full RAW format support through rawler. RapidRAW also provides library management (folder navigation, ratings, metadata, EXIF viewer), batch operations, export presets (JPEG/PNG/TIFF), sidecar editing (.rrdata), undo/redo history, customizable UI themes, smooth animations, resizable panels, and preset copy/paste.
A modern high-performance Lightroom alternative with polished UX and creative tools, RapidRAW brings powerful photo editing to photographers seeking speed, responsive GPU feedback, and streamlined workflows.
RapidRAW v1.5.6 release notes:
- This update focuses heavily on restructuring the core architecture of RapidRAW to improve stability, maintainability, and overall organization. A major migration to Zustand has been completed to reduce UI rendering overhead and streamline state management. The release also introduces full internationalization support, beginning with German, along with custom albums, multi-root folder trees, an advanced query-based search bar with complex Boolean logic, a redesigned EXIF overlay, and cleaner in-canvas masking controls. [full changelog]
Download: RapidRAW 1.5.6 | ARM64 | ~20.0 MB (Open Source)
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