Imagin Raw: a 4.3MB, free, open-source Bridge alternative for culling RAW files 0 ▲ Amerpie by Lou Plummer 1 hour ago · 5 min read1004 words · Tech · hide · 0 comments TL;DR Imagin Raw is a free, open-source Mac app (4.3 MB) for culling and rating RAW photos — no import, no library, folders stay where they are. Writes ratings/labels to standard XMP sidecars so Lightroom and Bridge both read them. Compares itself directly to Adobe Bridge (9 MB vs. 2 GB, 0% idle CPU vs. nonzero). It's a few weeks old, Mac-only by design, and has a known issue with Fuji RAF previews. Not a Photo Mechanic replacement for pros yet, but a solid free option if you just need to look, rate, and reject. Imagin Raw is a new, free, native SwiftUI browser (macOS 14.6+) from developer Cristian Baluta, who also builds Spoto and cmd c. It decodes RAW files with LibRaw, watches your folders with FSEvents so changes show up in real time, and writes ratings and color labels to XMP sidecars, the same format Lightroom and Bridge use. (GitHub or Mac App Store) If I could do just one thing to my worst enemy today, I'd break into his house and install Adobe software on his Mac. Aside from… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.