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Photography projects on GitHub

Managing and enriching photo libraries.

As of , the most-starred Photography projects on GitHub are photoprism (40.3K stars), darktable (13.3K stars) and lightcraft (13.2K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 12 Photography repositories with 80.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was lightcraft, with +249 stars in a day.

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80.9KStars in total
+366Stars in a day
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+249

lightcraft

storytold/lightcraft · ★ 13.2K

LightCraft is an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom built entirely in Rust: a non-destructive RAW photo editor and library manager with its own color pipeline, masking tools, and presets.

+57

autoshade

skymanbp/autoshade · ★ 1.1K

AutoShade is an AI-assisted RAW photo developer: you describe the look you want, a GPT-style vision step proposes an edit recipe, and a deterministic Rust engine renders that recipe onto the full-resolution RAW file — producing Lightroom-compatible XMP sidecars instead of AI-generated pixels.

+12

lap

julyx10/lap · ★ 3.9K

Lap is an open-source, local-first photo manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that lets you browse family albums, find old photos quickly, and organize large personal media libraries entirely offline.

+10

photoprism

photoprism/photoprism · ★ 40.3K

PhotoPrism is an AI-powered, privacy-first app for browsing, organizing, and sharing your photos and videos, whether self-hosted or in the cloud.

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12 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · photoprism/photoprism

    photoprism

    PhotoPrism is an AI-powered, privacy-first app for browsing, organizing, and sharing your photos and videos, whether self-hosted or in the cloud.

    40.3K
  2. #2 · darktable-org/darktable

    darktable

    darktable is an open source photography workflow application and non-destructive raw developer: a virtual lighttable and darkroom that manages your photos in a database, lets you browse them, and develops/enhances/exports raw images.

    13.3K
  3. #3 · storytold/lightcraft

    lightcraft

    LightCraft is an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom built entirely in Rust: a non-destructive RAW photo editor and library manager with its own color pipeline, masking tools, and presets.

    13.2K
  1. 4

    photo-abstract-editorial

    5.9KZzzLc0405/photo-abstract-editorial

    Photo Abstract Editorial is a Codex Skill that turns a single photo into a vertical editorial artwork made of an original photography area, an abstract memory panel derived from the photo, and a poetic English title.

  2. 5

    lap

    3.9Kjulyx10/lap · Vue

    Lap is an open-source, local-first photo manager for macOS, Windows, and Linux that lets you browse family albums, find old photos quickly, and organize large personal media libraries entirely offline.

  3. 6

    rawmakase

    1.2Kpch/rawmakase · Rust

    RAWmakase is a fast, non-destructive RAW photo developer for Linux, macOS and Windows, written in Rust, with Lightroom-style develop controls and Lightroom catalog import.

  4. 7

    autoshade

    1.1Kskymanbp/autoshade · Rust

    AutoShade is an AI-assisted RAW photo developer: you describe the look you want, a GPT-style vision step proposes an edit recipe, and a deterministic Rust engine renders that recipe onto the full-resolution RAW file — producing Lightroom-compatible XMP sidecars instead of AI-generated pixels.

  5. 8

    travel-memory-sticker-card

    607carolinaaafy/travel-memory-sticker-card

    This is a Codex skill that turns your travel photos into collectible memory sticker cards — themed digital cards that commemorate places you've visited.

  6. 9

    guizang-yingzao-skill

    505op7418/guizang-yingzao-skill · Python

    Yingzao is a Claude Code / Codex skill that turns photos of Chinese architecture, cultural sites, shops and travel shots into art-directed editorial posters generated by GPT Image, instead of applying a filter or pasting a title over blank space.

  7. 10

    OpenPocketCine

    336erik-sutton95/OpenPocketCine · Swift

    OpenPocketCine is a free, open-source field monitor and remote-control app for DJI Osmo Pocket cameras, giving filmmakers colorist-grade scopes, exposure/focus assists, and camera control on a phone screen.

  8. 11

    reality-restaged

    292traveler0621/reality-restaged

    Reality Restaged is a Codex skill that transforms documentary, travel, street, and human-centered photography into restrained surreal cinematic tableaux, keeping the real people and gestures while rebuilding an impossible world around them.

  9. 12

    rembrandt

    146thesnarkitecht/rembrandt · C++

    Rembrandt is a free, non-destructive RAW photo editor and library for macOS, Windows and Linux, built in the same family as Lightroom Classic, with on-device AI tools and no account, subscription or tracking required.

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