--- title: Ansel | daily.dev description: Ansel is an open-source photo-editing software designed to help digital artists achieve their own interpretation of raw digital photographs. It allows for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ansel | daily.dev og:description: Ansel is an open-source photo-editing software designed to help digital artists achieve their own interpretation of raw digital photographs. It allows for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GOngY4HUq.png og:image:alt: Ansel og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ansel **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ansel is an open-source photo-editing software designed to help digital artists achieve their own interpretation of raw digital photographs. It allows for precise and nuanced manipulation of images and offers features like color work, tonal work, and image reconstruction. Ansel is compatible with darktable and provides a better user experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#photo-editing](https://daily.dev/tags/photo-editing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ansel","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq"},"datePublished":"2023-11-23T21:01:55.051Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:45:01.440Z","description":"Ansel is an open-source photo-editing software designed to help digital artists achieve their own interpretation of raw digital photographs. It allows for...","image":"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45535283/","thumbnailUrl":"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/45535283/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansel-gongy4huq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"photo-editing","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ansel"}]} ```