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CLUSTER EDITING-DESKTOP-IMAGE · 24 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-09-07

Desktop image editing apps

The cluster consists of desktop applications primarily focused on photo and image editing, including raw development, batch processing, retouching, upscaling, and restoration. Dated entries appear sporadically from September 2015 through July 2026, typically one per month with long gaps and a single month showing two entries; five members lack source dates. Traction is led by AI-Photo-Restorer-Upscaler-Windows (1 star), with all others at 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2015: 1NOV 2017: 1JAN 2019: 1FEB 2023: 1AUG 2023: 1JAN 2025: 1MAR 2025: 1NOV 2025: 2MAR 2026: 1APR 2026: 1AUG 2026: 7SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 3
SEP 2015OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 9 hobby · 1 indie · 9 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01qwenimage-ncnn-vulkan108★18 days—hobbyLocal desktop tool that generates and edits images from text prompts, accepts multiple reference images, and outputs transparent backgrounds, with prebuilt executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
  2. 02lumedit1★27 dayslivehobbyDesktop app for retouching single photos with cropping, color grading, 3D LUTs, watermarking, and lossless export for Windows.
  3. 03photocraft-companion1★today—hobbyDesktop app for graphics editor users that performs local AI background removal and offers a floating toolbar with extensible plugin packages.
  4. 04photo-airt1★3 days—hobbyDesktop app that transforms photographs into artistic images using algorithmic filters and optional AI-directed repainting.
  5. 05gpt_image_playground_tauri0★22 days—hand-codedhobbyDesktop application that offers a graphical playground for generating and editing images with GPT models, including API configuration, gallery, and agent workspace.
  6. 06imeditor0★2 moliveopen sourceDesktop application for editing and manipulating images, offering cropping, adjustment, and drawing tools for general users.
  7. 07imagefinish0★2 moliveopen sourceDesktop image editing application with layer and retouching tools styled after professional photo-editing software, for graphic and photo editing.
  8. 08Fog Panther0★2 moliveopen sourceDesktop image editing application for digital painting, photo retouching, and graphic design with non-destructive layers and detailed masking tools.
  9. 09rmbg1★5 mo—ai-builthobbyDesktop application for removing image backgrounds, allowing users to edit photos with a simple interface.
  10. 10akvis-alivecolors-bin0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop application for editing, retouching, and enhancing digital photos and images.
  11. 11PixelFx - Photo Editor (Beta)0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop application that lets users retouch photos with cropping, rotation, color adjustment, blurring, sharpening, and other image processing filters.
  12. 12A Photo Tool (Libre)0★unknownlivehand-codedindiePhoto editing application for adjusting exposure, contrast, and white balance, cropping and resizing images, and converting photos to grayscale.
  13. 13photosir-himirage-bin0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop image editing application offering multiple processing tools for retouching and enhancing photos.
  14. 14Pinta0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop image editing and painting application offering freehand drawing tools, dozens of visual effects, and unlimited layers for organizing digital artwork.
  15. 15lazpaint-bin0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop image editing app for retouching and creating raster graphics.
  16. 16image-snapper-vision0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builthobbyApplication that captures and enhances images using vision-based processing for creative editing.
  17. 17jdPixelUpscaler0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop app that upscales images by replacing each pixel with a block of same-colored pixels.
  18. 18pixeluvo0★9 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop photo editing application offering cropping, color correction, layers, masks, filters, and raw file support for image editing.
  19. 19Paint980★unknownlivehobbyDesktop paint application that recreates the classic Windows 98 drawing tools and palette for image editing.
  20. 20TurboWarp0★unknownliveDesktop app that runs and edits Scratch projects with faster performance, dark mode, and extra editor tools.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.