Compositor
by robbietilton
Compositor is a free, open-source image editor for macOS that aims to provide a familiar workflow similar to Adobe Photoshop, with a wide range of features for image editing, compositing, and post-processing.
New and promisingUnder two months old. Expect rough edges and fast changes.
- Stars
- 17.9k +449 a day, est.
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- A small server, with a GPU
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Swift
- Age
- 39 days
What you can do with it
- Edit and composite images
- Apply various adjustments and filters
- Create and manage layers and masks
Could replace
- Adobe Photoshop
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Save costs by using a free alternative to Photoshop
- Provide a familiar tool for team members who are used to Photoshop
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download from the official website or via Homebrew.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
