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Show HN: Imagin Raw – A 9MB Open-Source Alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac

#1

Post by cristi_baluta » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

Show HN: Imagin Raw – A 9MB Open-Source Alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac
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#2

Post by imagetic » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

Dope. I'm gonna have to check this out.

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#3

Post by sirjaz » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined

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#4

Post by Toutouxc » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

sirjaz wrote: post #3

Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined

It’s written in Swift and uses SwiftUI and UIKit and AppKit.

Seriously, what the hell are you talking about and why.

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#5

Post by mplewis » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

Thank you for building high-quality alternatives to Adobe software!

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Post by mplewis » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

sirjaz wrote: post #3

Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined

I encourage you to take a crack at it!

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#7

Post by Toutouxc » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

I’ll check this out. The macOS photo library situation is really embarrassing. I actually migrated from Affinity to DxO Photolab (expensive!) a few years ago just for that.

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Post by cristi_baluta » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

sirjaz wrote: post #3

Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined

Unfortunately I have time to build only the software that I need, and I'm a Mac user. If I'd do a cross platform version it will end up like the other crappy cross platform apps out there.

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#9

Post by cristi_baluta » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

Toutouxc wrote: post #7

I’ll check this out. The macOS photo library situation is really embarrassing. I actually migrated from Affinity to DxO Photolab (expensive!) a few years ago just for that.

Hope it's to your liking

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#10

Post by kmeisthax » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

As someone who has had to use Creative Cashcow tools in the past... dare I ask what the hell was Bridge even for? Just an Adobe-developed file manager?