Chili RAW Pro licence

A full photo developer for free. Pro adds the AI and film tools.

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$29founding price · $59 after v2
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Chili RAW develop view: a dusk skyline with the adjustment panel on the right and the filmstrip below
Free

A complete photo developer

Cull, develop and catalogue your whole library — most of what you would use Lightroom for, with no subscription and no time limit.

Chili RAW library grid showing a shoot of temple and street photos
  • Develop

    Non-destructive RAW editing: white balance, tone, curves and colour.

  • RAW decoders

    Apple, Adobe DNG SDK or LibRaw, chosen per file.

  • Culling

    Rate and flag a whole shoot from the keyboard.

  • Burst stacks

    Each burst folds into one tile in the grid.

  • The Loupe

    Check focus at 1:1 without leaving the grid.

  • Masking

    Eleven mask types, added, subtracted or intersected.

  • Repair

    Heal, clone and automatic dust spotting.

  • Lens corrections

    Distortion, vignetting and fringing, fixed by profile.

  • Versions

    Several edits of one photo, compared side by side.

  • LUTs

    Your own .cube files next to the built-in looks.

  • Detail

    Sharpening, noise reduction and optional AI models.

  • Catalog & backups

    Edits in sidecars beside your untouched originals.

  • Search

    By name, keyword, place, person or picture content.

  • People

    Faces grouped and named across the library.

  • Geo Tag

    Pin photos on a map or paste coordinates.

  • Folder Notes

    A Markdown notes page for every folder.

  • EXIF / IPTC

    Read camera data, write captions and copyright.

  • Export

    Any format and size, sharpened for output.

  • Video

    Cull and colour-grade clips next to your photos.

Pro

Added by the Pro key

Everything in the free app, plus these. All the models run on your Mac.

Every feature in detail, with screenshotsOn Chili RAW’s own site, together with the manual and release notes.chiliraw.com ↗
Price
$29 · one payment
Covers
Versions 1 and 2
Try first
7-day Pro trial in the app
Needs
macOS 15 · Apple silicon
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