--- title: GitHub - cristibaluta/Imagin-Raw: A lightweight but... description: Imagin RAW is a lightweight native macOS app for browsing, culling, and organizing RAW photos, positioned as an efficient alternative to Adobe Bridge. Built... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---cristibaluta-imagin-raw-a-lightweight-but-powerful-alternative-to-adobe-bridge-for-mac-cwujrhw3j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - cristibaluta/Imagin-Raw: A lightweight but powerful alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac | daily.dev og:description: Imagin RAW is a lightweight native macOS app for browsing, culling, and organizing RAW photos, positioned as an efficient alternative to Adobe Bridge. Built... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---cristibaluta-imagin-raw-a-lightweight-but-powerful-alternative-to-adobe-bridge-for-mac-cwujrhw3j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cwujRHW3J.png og:image:alt: GitHub - cristibaluta/Imagin-Raw: A lightweight but powerful alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac 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. # GitHub - cristibaluta/Imagin-Raw: A lightweight but powerful alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Imagin RAW is a lightweight native macOS app for browsing, culling, and organizing RAW photos, positioned as an efficient alternative to Adobe Bridge. Built with SwiftUI (with AppKit fallback for performance), it uses LibRaw for RAW decoding, FSEvents for real-time folder monitoring, and XMP sidecars for Lightroom/Bridge metadata compatibility. Key advantages over Adobe Bridge include a ~9 MB app size vs ~2 GB, near-instant launch, 0% idle CPU, and smooth native scrolling. Features include multi-root folder browsing, rating/labeling, SD card ingest, duplicate detection, PDF client proofing export, and Instagram frame export. Available on the Mac App Store or as open source on GitHub. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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