A full-featured, free and open-source image editor built specifically for Mac, aimed at the same compositing and retouching workflow as Photoshop: layers with blend modes and masks, adjustment layers (Curves, Levels, Hue/Saturation), non-destructive transforms, content-aware fill and spot healing, and a type tool with inline paragraph editing. Since the Xcode project is public, you can add, remove or change any feature yourself. It needs macOS 26 to run and Xcode 26 to build from source, and has already drawn 3.7k GitHub stars.
What holds up
- +Free and open source — the full Xcode project is public to modify or extend.
- +Covers Photoshop-level tools: layer masks, content-aware fill, clone stamp, curves, adjustment layers.
- +Built specifically for macOS, with Photoshop-style keyboard shortcuts carried over.
- +3.7k GitHub stars and 391 forks already, for a one-person side project.
Mind the limits
- −Needs macOS 26 — older macOS versions can't run it.
- −Built and maintained by one person, not a company — support depends on their continued interest.
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