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Greycard.

Develop RAW photos, organise shoots and export finished images.

Alternative to Adobe Lightroomalpha · check the limitations

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A new take on the workflow.

Greycard documents the same local photography workflow as Lightroom: browse and cull a shoot, develop RAW files with non-destructive adjustments and masks, then export rendered photos. Edits live in sidecar files. Its maker confirms the project is vibe coded and describes using it for personal photography work.

What you can switch today.

Replace Lightroom for local RAW photo culling, non-destructive development, masking and export of a compatible camera shoot.

Download a supported desktop release and open copies of a small camera shoot.
Cull, rate and develop photos; if migrating, test the documented Lightroom catalog and preset import on a copy.
Compare exported colours and edits with the original workflow before moving a full library.

Switching caveat. Check camera decoding, display colour management and representative imported edits; do not assume pixel-identical Lightroom rendering. Workflow evidence

Where it falls short.

Early-stage editor. No Intel Mac build; Windows installers are unsigned. Nikon High Efficiency RAW requires a source build, and learned denoising does not support X-Trans. On Windows select the display ICC profile manually for accurate colour. Lightroom slider appearance and imported edits may differ. Features and migration are documented, not independently runtime-tested.

Documented capabilities.

Listed in project documentation; not independently functionally tested by VibeAlt.

RAW development with curves and colour adjustmentsSource
Culling, ratings and sidecar editsSource
Local masks and photo exportsSource
Documented Lightroom catalog and preset importSource

Maker claims AI build. In a reply to a direct question on the original project announcement, the maker explicitly confirms Greycard is vibe coded while applying software engineering practices. The specific coding models and percentage of AI-written code are unknown. Inspect the evidence

Original build attribution.

The maker describes AI-assisted development of this project. This is a first-party claim, separate from any code contribution evidence. Read the original attribution

What it can stand in for.

Adobe Lightroom alternatives

Camera-specific RAW decoding, non-destructive edits and the portability of catalogue metadata determine whether a migration works.

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Sources & freshness.

App icon from the official project · License notice. Product marks identify their respective projects.

Source review: 2026-10-28. First added: 2026-10-28. Repository metrics are fetched separately through the GitHub API. Last metrics retrieval: 2026-10-28.

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