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Installation

RapidRAW is free and open source. Get the latest version from the download page, which picks the right file for your system, or from GitHub Releases.

System requirements

Minimum
Windows Windows 10 or 11, x64 or ARM64
macOS macOS 13 Ventura or newer, Apple Silicon or Intel
Linux Ubuntu 22.04 or a similar distribution, x64 or ARM64
Android Android 7.0 or newer, 64-bit ARM
Memory 16 GB or more recommended, especially for high-resolution RAW files and AI features
GPU A dedicated GPU is recommended. Integrated graphics work too. Very old GPUs (from before about 2015) may struggle.

Choose your platform

Get the file for your system on the download page, then follow the steps for your platform below.

Windows

Two installers are available, both for x64 and ARM64:

  • .exe: the normal installer. Recommended.
  • .msi: for managed or company installs.
  1. Download and run the installer.
  2. Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC", because RapidRAW is not signed with an expensive certificate yet. Click More info → Run anyway.
  3. Start RapidRAW from the Start menu.

Problems? See Troubleshooting → Windows.

macOS

Download the .dmg for your Mac: aarch64 for Apple Silicon (M1 and later), x64 for Intel.

  1. Open the .dmg and drag RapidRAW into Applications.
  2. The first time, macOS may say "RapidRAW is damaged and can't be opened". This is the standard message for apps that are not notarized by Apple. Open Terminal and run the command below, then start RapidRAW normally.
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/RapidRAW.app

Problems? See Troubleshooting → macOS.

Linux

Pick whichever fits your system:

Package How to install
Flatpak (recommended) From Flathub: flatpak install flathub io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW
.deb (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint) sudo apt install ./RapidRAW_*.deb
.rpm (Fedora, openSUSE) sudo dnf install ./RapidRAW_*.rpm
AppImage (any distribution) chmod +x RapidRAW_*.AppImage then ./RapidRAW_*.AppImage
Arch Linux From the AUR: rapidraw-bin

The .deb, .rpm and AppImage files come in builds for Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04. Use the 22.04 build on older distributions.

You need working Vulkan drivers: Mesa for Intel and AMD, the proprietary driver for NVIDIA.

Problems? See Troubleshooting → Linux.

Android

Download the .apk from the download page and install it (you may need to allow installing apps from your browser). There is no Play Store listing yet. Requires a 64-bit ARM device with Android 7.0 or newer.

Touch works throughout, including pinch zoom and brush masks. Performance depends on your phone's GPU; recent flagship phones run smoothly. Cloud AI sign-in, Immich and AI GPU acceleration are desktop only.

Tethering builds

Camera tethering needs a special build for macOS and Linux x64, listed under Camera tethering builds on the download page. See Camera Tethering.

Updating

The start screen checks for new versions. When an update is available, the version number at the bottom gets a yellow outline and says "New version available!" on hover. Click it to open the download page, then install the new version over the old one. Flatpak, AUR and package-manager installs update through your system as usual.

Your settings, presets and edits are kept across updates.

Where things are stored

Your photos and their .rrdata edit files stay where they are. Everything else is in a few app folders. The identifier is io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW.

What Windows macOS Linux
Settings, presets, albums, AI models, LUTs %APPDATA%\io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW\ ~/Library/Application Support/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/ ~/.local/share/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/
Thumbnails and caches %LOCALAPPDATA%\io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW\ ~/Library/Caches/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/ ~/.cache/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/
Log file %LOCALAPPDATA%\io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW\logs\app.log ~/Library/Logs/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/app.log ~/.local/share/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/logs/app.log

With Flatpak, the same folders are inside ~/.var/app/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW/.

Inside the settings folder you find settings.json, presets/presets.json and albums/albums.json. Back up this folder to keep your presets, albums and settings when you move to a new computer. The caches (thumbnails, AI denoise results, depth maps, Immich downloads) can be deleted at any time; manage them in Settings → Data Management.

Uninstalling

Uninstall like any other app. Your photos and .rrdata files are not touched. To remove everything, also delete the folders in the table above.

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