Organize and develop images from digital cameras

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About

Ansel manages your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a lighttable. It also enables you to develop raw images and enhance them in a darkroom.

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Project

Publisher
Sergio Schvezov
License
GPL-3.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage
ansel.photos
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Snap (3) · Arch Linux · Nixpkgs
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Snap Store, Snap Store (Beta build), Snap Store (Nightly build), AUR (Git build), Nixpkgs

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5 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (5)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Snap StoreAnselv0.0.0-1964-g3c4690838f—GPL-3.0Organize and develop images from digital cameras
Snap Store (Beta build)Anselv0.0.0-1975-gb5d5f5ee7a—GPL-3.0Organize and develop images from digital cameras
Snap Store (Nightly build)Anselv0.0.0-2372-g10c3b320d9—GPL-3.0Organize and develop images from digital cameras
AUR (Git build)ansel-git0.0.0.r3593.gcf46f0cd7b-1—GPL3Ansel is an open-source photo-editing software for digital artists, designed to help you achieve your own interpretation of raw digital photographs.
Nixpkgsansel0-unstable-2026-06-13Distribution buildGPL-3.0-or-laterDarktable fork minus the bloat plus some design vision

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