Imagin Raw - Lightweight open-source RAW photo browser for Mac
Show HN: Imagin Raw – A 9MB Open-Source Alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac
Imagin Raw is a native macOS application designed as a powerful, 9MB alternative to Adobe Bridge for photographers. It offers a streamlined workflow for browsing, culling, and organizing RAW photos directly from folders without requiring an import step. Built with SwiftUI and LibRaw, the app ensures near-instant launch times, smooth scrolling, and real-time file system monitoring. Users can rate images, apply color labels compatible with Adobe Bridge and Lightroom, and manage duplicates efficiently. Ideal for those seeking a fast, low-resource tool for read/rate/organize tasks on Apple Silicon or Intel Macs.
A lightweight, native macOS application for browsing, culling, and organizing RAW photos - built as a more efficient alternative to Adobe Bridge for read/rate/organize workflows.
- cgomez
This looks so promising as a lightweight replacement for Bridge or Photo Mechanic and the interface is great.
Has a lot of opportunity on the actual image rendering and performance side, but will definitely keep up with updates on how it evolves!
- dofm
These things are such a puzzle because there are so many that pop up and just don’t survive. I loved FileLoupe, for example, but it appears abandoned.
So I am sure to try this. I’d love to see closer integration with Affinity where that is possible.
- hankbond
I would argue that the choice to render the embedded JPG is optimal from the UX of a Fuji user. We tend to use the JPG as the creative reference we want to start from using the film sims.