LightTable alternatives

12 Windows apps in the same category as LightTable, ranked by what they have in common and by popularity.

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  Pinta

  Simple GTK# Paint Program

  Open source 3.0.5 15.8K ↓ ★ 4.1K
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  Natron

  Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.

  Open source 2.5.0 13.8K ↓ ★ 5.6K
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  Upscayl

  A powerful image upscaling tool that uses advanced AI technology to enhance your images.

  Open source 2.15.0 11.1K ↓ ★ 50.9K
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  XnView MP

  Professional Image Viewer & Photo Management

  Proprietary 1.12.2.0 436.9K ↓ photography
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  ART

  ART is a fork of RawTherapee, a powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program.

  Open source 1.26.9 1.7K ↓ ★ 500 photo-editor, photography
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  ente

  Desktop client for ente.io

  Open source 1.7.30 791 ↓ ★ 172 photography
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  PhotoDemon

  A free portable photo editor focused on pro-grade features, high performance, and maximum usability.

  Other licence 2025.4 429 ↓ ★ 2.4K photo-editor
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  RapidRAW

  A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.

  Open source 1.6.5 ★ 10.6K photography
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  RawTherapee

  RawTherapee is a free, cross-platform raw image processing program

  Open source 5.12-166-g7bae1495c ★ 4.2K photography
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  photocraft

  Image editing; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop, rebuilt in pure Rust

  Open source 0.12.0 678 ↓ photo-editor
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  NegPy

  Tool for processing film negatives.

  Open source 0.66.0 ★ 1.1K photography
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  GDAL

  GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source License by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

  Open source 3.12.1 ★ 6.1K

Comparison

App	Licence	Version	Updated	GitHub stars	Chocolatey downloads
LightTable	Open source	0.6.1	October 8, 2026	26	8.9K
Pinta	Open source	3.0.5	November 30, 2025	4.1K	15.8K
Natron	Open source	2.5.0	July 14, 2023	5.6K	13.8K
Upscayl	Open source	2.15.0	December 30, 2024	50.9K	11.1K
XnView MP	Proprietary	1.12.2.0	October 12, 2026	—	436.9K
ART	Open source	1.26.9	September 21, 2026	500	1.7K
ente	Open source	1.7.30	October 6, 2026	172	791
PhotoDemon	Other licence	2025.4	August 5, 2025	2.4K	429
RapidRAW	Open source	1.6.5	October 8, 2026	10.6K	—
RawTherapee	Open source	5.12-166-g7bae1495c	December 16, 2025	4.2K	—
Pphotocraft	Open source	0.12.0		—	678
NegPy	Open source	0.66.0	October 25, 2026	1.1K	—
GDAL	Open source	3.12.1	February 11, 2026	6.1K	—