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this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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No photo editing software even comes close to lightroom. As I said in the OP I'm simply not interested in alternatives.
Right, then I can't help you.
To clarify for others though as I guess I wasn't clear based on the downvotes : I'm not suggesting a single piece of software is a viable alternative to Lightroom. Rather I'm saying Lightroom itself is a collection of algorithms dedicated to photo editing wrapped in a UX one is familiar with. On the other hand ImageMagick (just to pick one I know relatively well) is a set of command line tools for image editing. It's mostly used as a backend with other tools as interface. I imagine there are plenty of alternatives to ImageMagick too, probably some that can include arXiv STOA algorithms for photo editing, maybe some even with a GUI but my point again is to reconsider the workflow to understand how the tools one rely on actual work.
So to hopefully express myself better this time, ImageMagick + Gimp + Krita + some script in a Github repository based on an arXiv publication + I don't know what + ... all together or in part might be better for some people but no I don't know an all-in-one open source alternative that cover ALL needs without them being expressed first.
Nothing offers the AI tools that adobe does. AI denoise is an irreplaceable feature for me.
Nothing you (nor I) know of but that doesn't mean it's the case. I can't evaluate but https://www.openimagedenoise.org/ is publishing by Intel and in 2026 so maybe it's good.
Openimagedenoise is included in Blender for denoising Cycles renders, and it works quite well for that, IMO.