Darktable vs LightCraft

Comparing two open source alternatives to Adobe Lightroom. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Darktable

GPL-3.0

Open source photography workflow application and raw developer for organizing, editing, and exporting large photo libraries.

Apache-2.0

Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in Rust — photo library and raw development, local-first.

	Darktable	LightCraft
License	GPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	No	No
GitHub Stars	13,254	9,326
Forks	1,464	3,014
Open Issues	654	380
Last Commit	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 11, 2026
First Released	Mar 21, 2012	Sep 30, 2026
Categories	Image Editing	Image Editing
Tags	—	#photo #photo-management #raw-processing

Darktable

LightCraft9,326

Powerful, cross-platform open source raw photo processing program and a strong alternative to Adobe Lightroom.