What is vitrine?

Vitrine is a free photo editing program for Windows built for people who shoot in RAW format, the unprocessed image files produced by cameras from brands like Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Olympus. It is presented as a lighter, subscription-free alternative to well known editors like Lightroom and darktable. You open a photo straight from your camera, adjust things like exposure, color, tone curves, and local masks, then export the finished image, all while the original file stays untouched since every edit is stored separately and reapplied each time you reopen the photo. The editor decodes RAW files natively for more than fifteen camera formats and lets you control details like the demosaic algorithm and highlight recovery per photo. It runs on the graphics card for speed, so photos open quickly using an embedded preview while the full quality version loads in the background. It also includes AI powered tools for upscaling images, sharpening, reducing motion blur, and denoising, running on the GPU alongside more traditional editing tools. Most people will simply download a ready made installer or a portable version that needs no installation from the project's releases page and run it directly on Windows 10 or 11, with at least 8 gigabytes of memory recommended, more for large files. Since the app is not digitally signed yet, Windows may show an unknown publisher warning the first time it runs, which the README explains how to get past safely, including a way to verify the download's authenticity. Developers who want to build the project themselves need Node.js and can use the included commands to run a development version or build a full Windows installer from source. The tool is organized into panels for tasks like cropping, exposure and color adjustments, local masking, white balance, color balance, tone curves, and an enhance panel bundling the AI based noise reduction, sharpening, and upscaling features. This project is aimed at photographers who want a free, no-account RAW editor on Windows without committing to a paid subscription service.