# darktable

Application: darktable team

Dem still dey call am dark table, darktable raw

darktable team, Creative

Open-source raw developer. darktable.exe na di process. E no be Lightroom.

## Wetin you need know

darktable na free raw developer. E no be Lightroom.

darktable.exe dey develop raws with XMP sidecars. Lightroom na Adobe catalog. Dem no be di same library.

- **Wetin e be?**: Open-source raw developer

  **Still current?**: Yes, see Current status

  **Official download?**: Use di vendor link inside dis article

Feex tok say

If darktable.exe na di process, dat na di GPL raw developer, no be Lightroom. I no go dey find Lightroom.exe to explain darktable library.

## Wetin be darktable?

darktable na open-source raw processor and library. Di Windows executable na darktable.exe.

## If you never use am before

darktable na free raw developer. darktable.exe na di process. E no be Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom na Creative Cloud catalog. darktable dey use library plus XMP sidecars. Download from darktable.org/install.

## Wetin dem dey use am for?

**Lighttable library**

Browse folder-based library. Lightroom Classic dey use .lrcat. Dis na darktable.

**Darkroom develop**

Scene-referred modules. Lightroom get different tone engine.

**XMP sidecars**

Edits fit stay beside di raw. Cloud Lightroom dey sync through Adobe instead.

## Na who e dey for?

- Photographers wey want free raw app
- People wey dey leave Lightroom
- Anybody wey open Lightroom dey find darktable modules

## Current status

darktable (2009) na current open-source raw developer from darktable team. Di vendor still dey point Windows users to https://www.darktable.org/install/.

## How old e be?

darktable start for 2009 as Lightroom-like open-source developer. Lightroom itself ship for 2007 and later split into cloud Lightroom and Classic. darktable na still di GPL app.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Current Windows build

## System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

### Minimum

| Operating system | Current supported Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, according to di vendor |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RAM              | E reach for Windows plus dis app. Heavy projects go want more.             |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: Dey follow wetin you open inside di app

  **RAM demand**: Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

## Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

| darktable.exe | Main Windows executable |
| ------------- | ----------------------- |

## Startup components

darktable no need to start with Windows.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\Program Files\darktable\\ |
| --------------- | ---------------------------- |

## File formats

RAW, DNG, XMP, JPEG

## Common wahala dem

### Expected Lightroom presets

Modules and styles dey different. Import no be 1:1.

### GPU OpenCL off

darktable dey document OpenCL. Driver issue fit look like slow export.

## How to get unstuck

### Confirm darktable.exe

Program Files\darktable na di app. Lightroom.exe na Adobe.

### Install from darktable.org/install

Windows packages dey listed dia.

### Start with OpenCL disabled as test

darktable CLI flags dey documented. Dis no be Lightroom GPU.

## Alternatives

Lightroom, RawTherapee, and Capture One overlap. Lightroom no dey replace darktable library.

## Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

| Download      | [www.darktable.org/install/ ](https://www.darktable.org/install/)Official installer or vendor page |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Help          | [docs.darktable.org/ ](https://docs.darktable.org/)Vendor support                                  |
| Official site | [www.darktable.org/ ](https://www.darktable.org/)Start here, no be random exe host                 |

## Related hardware

darktable want RAM for raws and GPU if you turn OpenCL on. E no be Feex sensor.

## Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[Adobe Lightroom: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/adobe-lightroom/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [darktable official site ](https://www.darktable.org/)· Vendor product page
- [darktable help ](https://docs.darktable.org/)· Vendor support
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

## Dis article make sense to you?

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Quick facts

The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article.

- **Developer**: darktable team

  **Category**: Open-source raw developer

  **Process**: darktable.exe

  **License**: GPL-3.0

  **First released**: 2009

  **Official site**: [darktable.org](https://www.darktable.org/)

  **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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