Photography
Compositor
v1.5.9, released this weekFree, open-source image editor that follows Photoshop's way of working.
FreeOpen sourceFree, no paid tiermacOSUpdated today
About
Compositor is an image editor for the work Photoshop does: layers and folders with the full set of blend modes, layer masks and clipping masks, adjustment layers, and layer effects rendered on the GPU. Selections, retouching, type, shapes and a Camera Raw filter sit alongside them, and a project is a folder of PNG layers with a manifest, so agents and scripts can build and edit one. Free and open source, it needs macOS 26 on Apple silicon.
- Price
- Free, Free, no paid tier
- License
- MIT
- Version
- 1.5.9 · Oct 26, 2026Release notes
- Platforms
- macOS
- Category
- Photography
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