We often hear from passionate photographers and creators in the Linux community who want to see Capture One available on their platform of choice. Your enthusiasm doesn’t go unnoticed—and we deeply appreciate the interest.
That said, we want to be transparent: we currently have no plans to develop Capture One for Linux.
The decision is not based on any disregard for Linux or its users. Rather, it’s rooted in practical and technical realities:
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Building from the ground up: Unlike macOS and iOS, where we can reuse large parts of our codebase, a Linux version of Capture One would require building the application almost entirely from scratch. That’s a significant investment in time, engineering, and quality assurance.
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Focus: Like all software companies, we must prioritize where we place our resources. Right now, we are focused on improving and expanding the platforms where Capture One already exists—macOS, Windows, and iOS.
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Maintaining a high standard: Our goal is to deliver a professional-grade experience. The vast majority of photography and creative professionals use Macs, and Windows to a lesser extent, so we focus our efforts and energy on meeting the highest standards on those platforms.
We’ll continue listening to our community, and while Linux isn’t on our roadmap at this time, we’re keeping an open mind for the future.
Thank you for your understanding—and for pushing us to be better.
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I would buy a license on day one of Linux support.
same here: Would buy a linux license immediately!
I believe that is THE chance for capture one to occupy this new market and be the undebatable leader there!
I would also buy a license for Linux immediately.
Please create a version of Capture One 20 for Linux. You have a Mac Version which is already almost a Unix variant, so it would be easy for you to port Capture One to Open-Suse Linux Tumbleweed, the most stable version of OpenSuse Linux almost close to the cutting edge version. I am currently a Windows Capture One user.
I would also love to run Capture One on Linux. My System 76 Laptop is waiting.
I'm a Capture One Pro user and I dual boot currently (in the future maybe just Linux), and I quite miss Capture One whenever I'm in Linux, and I have to resort to alternatives. Plus making changes to photos outside Capture One is quite messy as Catalogs don't auto-detect changes.
Thank you!
Edit: Everyone wanting this remember to upvote the Feature Request here as well:
https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360010659078-OS-Support
+1 for Linux xupport
Very miss C1 on Linux.
With Linux Support I will definitely ditch Lightroom. Linux is my obvious choice if I could use it.
I would love Capture One running on Manjaro linux. I am really interested by this, including the version PRO ;D
Its the only thing holding me back from switching to Linux full-time!!
+ 1 for Linux support!!!!!
+1
Apple stoped covering the pro market and Windows is not great..
I would really appreciate CaptureOne for Linux! Even for a pricely upgrade.
-> You may only support the most popular distribution.
Look at Blakmagic, they do support Linux for Resolve
Regards
I'm back in linux (Fedora) after a haitus of a few years and it is so much better now. Its getting better all the time. I would gladly pay for C1 on Linux. I'm already a loyal user for some years in Mac and then in Windows. Fact is I'd prefer to stay in linux all the time. C1 is basically the only thing stopping me. Please Phase One. Make this happen. Linux is a mature operating system now more than ever before. Its great and its time to join the party.
I would love C1 for Linux. Please make this happen!
It's really frustrating that I can get best video processing SW (Davinci Resolve) on Linux, one of best DAW (Reaper), but no RAW processing image SW. Make Capture One at least Wine friendly please!
Yes, WE NEED IT!
I will even buy a standalone licence. Especially that's not that hard to port it on another *nix system. Not a complete rewrite at least
I run Mac, Windows, and Linux desktops and have been consolidating (returning) to the latter given the current state of Mac hardware (especially way more expensive than usuals).
This would let me run my preferred editor on my preferred platform, and would definitely get some (more) money thrown your direction. Please and thank you!
Capture One is the last thing tying me to Windows. I would fully switch to linux within the second would it have a version of Capture One.
I pay for Adobe and Affinity products.
If you release a Linux verions, I migrate immediatelly.
(actually would be quite interested how difficult it could technically be when you already have a multi-platform product).
I create account only for write this comment, i think many people too lazy for it, but i do.
We extremly need capture one on linux!
I have Capture One for Fujifilm ver. 12 right now running on Windows 7 because Win 10 sucks.
I'm ready to pay for Capture One PRO for Linux immediately.
I created an account just to support this, I would get a license asap if this would be a reality. I have worked a lot with Darktable and ART/RawTherapee, and while they're good software, I would like to use something professional without having to dual boot into windows.
Please make this happen.
Registered only to comment that I would ditch Adobe in a heartbeat if there's a Linux verison available of Capture One.
Currently I dual boot Linux and Windows, with the sole reason there isn't a good photo editing software for Linux. Would love to be able to ditch both Adobe and Windows
I would love to see a native Linux port of Capture One. I have never found a really good raw editor for Linux. (Editors exist for Linux but they do not compare to Capture One.)
With that said, I have run Capture One within a Win10 VM (VirtualBox) for years hosted on a rather beefy Linux system. Capture One's OpenCL does not work from within the VM (so no processing acceleration from your GPU) but everything else does with an occasional issue that usually appears when CO is updated. My CO sessions, catalogues and images are on the Linux host (ext4 fs) and accessed via VirtualBox's "shared folders". (Yes, you need a fast system and give the VM 8 cores and 16GB ram. For color calibration I use a NEC wide gamut monitor and there is a Linux version of NEC's Spectraview monitor calibration software. Printing works fine to Epson SureColor printer.)
I have license for Capture One running on Windows, but I would also ditch Windows for good if we would get CO on Linux!
Another +1 for Linux! Would switch and buy a linux license immediately if you'd make this happen!
I just started to use Capture One for Nikon and I´m extremely happy with its RAW development results. Therefore I would also like to use it under Linux when changing my environment to some Ubuntu flavour !!!
I would be willing to pay a lot for this. Photo editors are one of the last things I really need on Linux to fully make the switch.
Yes please!
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