Download

Latest stable release: PhotoDemon 8.4 (zip file, 12.5 mb)

For additional downloads, including nightly builds and checksums, visit the download page.

Overview

PhotoDemon is a free, portable, open-source photo editor for Microsoft Windows.

Its design is guided by three principles:

Portability

PhotoDemon does not require installation, administrator rights, or Internet access. Its tiny footprint allows it to run directly from USB devices.

Power

The current build provides more than 200 professional-grade tools, including digital darkroom essentials like shadow/highlight recovery, multi-channel curves, content-aware resizing, and full support for Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files.

Usability

An elegant interface built by designers - not engineers - gets out of the way and lets you work. Usability testing drives our design decisions.

Other cool stuff

PhotoDemon comes with a built-in macro recorder and batch processor. Its UI is fully themable, with built-in light, dark, and monochrome themes. All tools support real-time previews, custom presets, keyboard navigation, and unlimited Undo/Redo.

All Windows versions (XP through Windows 11) are fully supported.

PhotoDemon is available in many languages. If your language is missing, please get in touch. I would love to support it!

Recent news

• Feb 23, 2022

  PhotoDemon Year In Review: 2021

  2021 was an exciting year for PhotoDemon. Here's a list of all the new features and improvements that made their way into nightly builds over the past year...
• Feb 7, 2021

  PhotoDemon forum is now live

  PhotoDemon now has a new public forum! The new forum is hosted by GitHub (the same site that hosts PhotoDemon's source code), and anyone can participate. You can reach the new forum by clicking the "Forum" link at the top of this page.
• Sep 22, 2020

  PhotoDemon 8.4 is now available

  Building on top of the recent 8.2 release, PhotoDemon 8.4 is another minor update that brings additional stability and usability improvements. I may have also snuck a new tool or two into it...
• Sep 9, 2020

  PhotoDemon 8.2 is now available

  PhotoDemon 8.2 is a minor update that brings stability and usability improvements to the recent 8.0 release. It is recommended for all users.
• Aug 28, 2020

  PhotoDemon 8.0.1 stability update coming soon

  No matter how much a new stable release gets tested, a few bugs always slip through the cracks. If you're having trouble with PhotoDemon 8.0 (particularly on Windows XP), fear not - an 8.0.1 update is on its way. In the meantime, please try the latest nightly build to see if it improves your experience.

subscribe to updates