# Autoshade (open-source image editor)

> Autoshade is a free, open-source image editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. AI-assisted RAW photo developer: GPT vision advisor proposes an EditRecipe, a deterministic Rust engine renders it — Lightroom-compatible XMP sidecars, 24 RAW formats + baked images, measured (not. It has 1,255 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

AI decides what to change — a deterministic Rust engine does it. An editable, Lightroom-ready recipe instead of AI pixels.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/skymanbp/autoshade |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,255 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Rust |
| Website | https://autoshade.dev |
| Official | no |
| Category | Image editing & photo |
| Latest release | v1.16.0 (Oct 27, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 27, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/skymanbp/autoshade/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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