Awesome-OpenSourcePhotography
A list of awesome free open source software & libraries for photography. Also tools for video. For more awesomeness, check out awesome.
Open Source Photography
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General
GIMP
A swiss knife for image manipulation.
PhotoFlow
A non-destructive photo retouching program including RAW image development.
ImageMagick
A suite of command-line utilities for modifying and working with images.
GraphicsMagick
GraphicsMagick is usually faster than ImageMagick.
Camera Firmware Mods
CHDK
Canon Hack Development Kit, for Canon cameras.
Magic Lantern
A software enhancement that offers increased functionality to Canon DSLR cameras.
Autoexec Hack
Compilation of hacks for GoPro Cameras.
PTool Firmware Manipulation Tool
Change the video recording parameters of Panasonic's cameras.
Nikon Hacker
Nikon Patch and Nikon Emulator, 2 softwares for Nikon cameras.
Xiaomi Yi Autoexec
Compilation of autoexec scripts and mods for Xiaomi Yi camera.
Libraries
LibGphoto2
C APi for Digital camera access and remote control. Java,python,C#, and much more bindings.
Canon
GoPro
GoPro
API for controlling GoPro Hero 3 Camera from Node.js.
GoPro
GoPro Hero 4 - Python API.
GoPro
A Python library and a CLI that can interface with GoPro HERO3, HERO3+, and HERO4 cameras over http.
GoPro.Hero
A lightweight c# library to access and control GoPro HERO.
Sony
SonyPy
Python module for Sony Camera Remote API.
Utilities
Timelapse-sony
Android app for creating timelapse via "Ctrl with Smartphone" mode or connected by NFC.
Remoteyourcam-usb
Control your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera from your Android device through USB.
digiCamControl
DSLR camera remote control open source software.
Analogue photography
Digitaltruth
Film development chart.
RAW image developers
Darktable
An open source photography workflow application and RAW developer.
RawTherapee
A cross-platform raw image processing program.
Photivo
A multi platform photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision.
Raw Studio
Read and manipulate RAW images from digital cameras.
UFRaw
A utility to read and manipulate raw images from digital cameras.
DCRaw
Decoding raw digital photos in Linux.
Lightzone
Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux.
Fotoxx
A Linux program for editing photos and other images.
HDR Specific Software
Panorama Stitching
Hugin
An easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain.
Panorama Tools
A framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types.
Photo Organizers
Shotwell
A photo manager for GNOME 3.
DigiKam/ShowFoto
Open Source Photo manager for KDE/Gnome desktop.
GPhoto
A program and library framework that lets users download pictures from their digital cameras.
Lychee
A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos.
Simple Gallery
A Android gallery app for viewing photos and videos similar to android stock gallery with support for file copy/move/rename/delete/share.
Leaf Pic
Material-designed android gallery alternative.
A Photo Manager
Manage local photos on Android: gallery, geotag with photomap, tags, find, sort, view, copy, delete, send,...
PhotoPrism
PhotoPrism™ is a server-based application for browsing, organizing and sharing your personal photo collection.
EXIF Editors
Photo Downloaders
Rapid Photo Downloader
A photo and video downloader for the Linux Desktop.
Camera Tetherers
Entangle
Entangle provides a GUI for taking photographs with a digital camera completely controlled from the computer.
Monitor Color Correction
DisplayCal
Open source display calibration and characterization.
360° Images
Open360viewer
Open source 360° media viewer.
Alternative Image Viewers
Useful GIMP Mods or Scripts
Cinepaint
A program for painting and retouching bitmap frames of films based on GIMP.
Communities
/r/FOSSPhotography
Community about Free open source software for Photography on reddit.
PIXLS.US
Community dedicated to tutorials, workflows, and showcases of high-quality photography using Free Software tools
Resources
Unsplash.com
Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos, [licensed](https://medium.com/unsplash/the-unsplash-license-f6fb7de5c95a) under the Unsplash License ([changed from CC0](https://medium.com/unsplash/why-we-moved-from-the-creative-commons-zero-license-to-the-unsplash-license-598f76386489))
Pexels.com
Royalty free high-resolution stock photos, [licensed](https://www.pexels.com/photo-license/) under Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
Pixabay.com
Royalty free stock photos and videos, [licensed](https://pixabay.com/en/service/faq/) under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
Shutterography.com
Free Photos.
Video
General tools
FFmpeg
A complete, cross-platform solution to
Virtualdub
A free video tool for basic editing and encoding.
record, convert and stream audio and video.
Compositing software
Natron
A node-based compositor based on the same principles as state-of-the art tools used in film and television post-production.
ButtleOFX
A simple, user-friendly and open source compositing software.
Blender
This open source 3D graphics has tools for video editing.
Shotcut
A free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
Video Libraries
Scripts
Video to Panorama
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p /tmp/images
ffmpeg -i video.avi -r 5 -qscale 3 tmp/images/image-%3d.jpg
pto_gen -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/images/*.jpg
cpfind --multirow -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto
cpclean -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto
linefind -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto
autooptimiser -a -l -s -m -o tmp/hugin.pto tmp/hugin.pto
pano_modify -o tmp/hugin.pto --center --fov=AUTO --canvas=70% tmp/hugin.pto
pto2mk -o tmp/hugin.mk -p tmp/output tmp/hugin.pto
make -f tmp/hugin.mk all
