A fast, catalogue-free RAW editor that respects your hardware and money.
Designed for high-velocity photographers looking to spend less time in post.
Vision
Martijn
The sole developer
Photo editing software today is painfully inefficient for photographers taking several hundreds or thousands of pictures on an event. Many hours are lost sitting behind a computer editing the albums we shoot. Me personally, would like to take more pictures, and edit less.
SilverNode will take away frustration, and give you back the freedom to shoot photos, without worrying about editing them.
I want SilverNode to …
This project started in 2016, during my university years as a proof-of-concept. Today, SilverNode is under full-time development since January 2024!
Features
I am an absolute performance junky. SilverNode is built from the ground up with performance as it's central pillar. I hand-optimized Halide pipelines for CPU and GPU, and spent hours looking at performance profiles to give you the best possible experience. You do not need a hardware upgrade: you need SilverNode.
AutoEdit is designed to learn your style and give each image a useful starting point before you make the final creative decisions.
Keep control of your folder structure. SilverNode stores edit data in a small sidecar file next to the original RAW.
SilverNode is built with SDL3, bgfx, and Halide so the editing engine can travel with your hardware instead of locking you into one desktop platform.
Also both Intel/AMD x86 64-bit, and ARM 64-bit are supported.
One hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. Let your hands work together so adjustments are made quickly.
Apply the most important edits directly in the Grid workspace with the exact same controls.
SilverNode can be bought for life. No subscription required.
Once you get the hang of SilverNode, you'll be much faster than you were with any other photo editor.
SilverNode is still in development, but I'm clear about what's happening.
SilverNode is smaller than 20 MiB. Use your space for pictures instead!
PricingI respect your freedom and your money. SilverNode is available for a one-time purchase, after which you own it forever.
Pay once, and own SilverNode Basic forever. Comes with two years of updates.
Does not include the Pro features.
early access: -40% Pay once, and own the SilverNode Pro forever. Comes with all future updates. Includes all the Pro features.early access: -40%Bought Basic, but want to upgrade to Pro?
Requires a Basic license. Includes all the Pro features. Does not grant updates. Includes all the Pro features. Comes with all future updates.early access: -40%Links to the webshop will be available soon.
Development StatusBelow you can find a table of the most important photography-related features and their development status.
| Area | Feature | Status |
| Grid | Grid Functionality | Grid Rate Reject |
| Develop from Grid | Rotate Basic Editing Apply Presets Lens Corrections | |
| Filtering | Basic Rating/Reject Advanced | |
| Burst Stacks | Planned | |
| Export | JPEG PNG TIFF WebP Naming Resize Watermark | |
| Develop | Basic Editing | Color Correction Curves RGB Curves (Local) Contrast Color Balance HSL Primary Calibration Improve UI |
| Presets | Done | |
| RAW Luma Denoising | Done Improve Quality | |
| Sharpening | Done Improve Quality | |
| Chroma Denoising | Done Improve Quality | |
| Highlight Reconstruction | Mostly works Improve Quality Improve Reliability | |
| Crop & Straighten | Done Improve UI | |
| Lens Corrections | Distortion Vignetting TCA Save your own lenses Apply in Batch | |
| Local Adjustments | Linear Gradient Radial Gradient Brushing Improve UI | |
| Chromatic Aberration Reduction | Planned | |
| Histogram | Done | |
| AutoEdit | Color Correction | Mostly working Improve Reliability |
| Straighten | Planned | |
| Gradient Placement | Planned | |
| Selection Suggestion | Planned | |
| Core | EXIF Metadata | Export to JPEG Load Nikon Canon |
| RAW File Loading | Bayer Sensor X-Trans Sensor Non-Square Pixels Black & White Pictures | |
| Platform Support | Windows macOS Linux x86_64 arm64/aarch64 | |
| GPU support | Vulkan Metal OpenCL CUDA Direct3D 12 | |
| Thumbnail Database | Done | |
| Custom Ultra-Fast RAW Loading | Nikon NEF Canon CR2 |
This, and many more things have been done, and will be done. For more details, check out the CHANGELOG. To stay tuned, check out the mailing list or the social media platforms below.
Camera SupportSilverNode relies on LibRaw and RawSpeed to decode RAW files. Most of the cameras that these libraries support, will work, but not all! SilverNode additionally requires your camera to have square pixels and 3 color channels with the RGB color model.
Considering that Darktable uses the same decoders, you may check out the list here: Darktable > camera support for a first indication of potentially being supported.
To be fully sure, download the SilverNode beta and try it before purchasing!
DownloadSilverNode is still in development, but is already a usable product. This version is currently still available for free. If you wish to support the product and my work, you can already buy a license to your name and activate it in SilverNode.
Archive| Date | Version |  Linux |  macOS |  Windows |
| 2026-05-03 | v0.8.2 | x86_64 (16.1 MiB) aarch64 (13.7 MiB) | x86_64 (14.4 MiB) aarch64 (13.0 MiB) | x86_64 (15.8 MiB) aarch64 (13.2 MiB) |
| 2026-04-27 | v0.8.1 | x86_64 (16.1 MiB) aarch64 (13.7 MiB) | x86_64 (14.4 MiB) aarch64 (13.0 MiB) | x86_64 (15.8 MiB) aarch64 (13.2 MiB) |
| 2026-03-25 | v0.8.0 | x86_64 (16.1 MiB) aarch64 (13.7 MiB) | x86_64 (14.4 MiB) aarch64 (13.0 MiB) | x86_64 (15.8 MiB) aarch64 (13.2 MiB) |
| 2025-09-09 | v0.7.1 | x86_64 (15.8 MiB) aarch64 (13.4 MiB) | x86_64 (13.9 MiB) aarch64 (12.5 MiB) | x86_64 (15.5 MiB) aarch64 (13.0 MiB) |
| 2025-09-03 | v0.7.0 | x86_64 (15.7 MiB) aarch64 (13.4 MiB) | x86_64 (13.8 MiB) aarch64 (12.5 MiB) | x86_64 (15.5 MiB) aarch64 (13.0 MiB) |
Feedback & SupportQuestions? Feedback? Crashes? Let's chat!
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support@silvernode.io
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