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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Bitwig did it for musicians, blackmagic design for video editors. Only capture one missing for the final switch...
+1 for linux license. my strong work machine is linux based, I love C1 and need to run it on a 2015 mbp which is not nearly as strong. Would get that license today.
The only reason I am keeping one Windows machine is because of Capture One and Cuebase, all other machines are on Linux. Having Capture One for Linux would be a killer feature for me.
A Linux version would be awesome!
Looking forward to a linux release, happyyyyy
yes - Linux would be helpful
Yes, I would definately buy Capture one for Linux!
LR Classic user on Mac here. If there was Capture One for Linux I would instantly buy it and stop using Macs at all.
I've been trying trial versions of Capture One occasionally. It's top notch software but my purchase is waiting for Linux version. I have a mac too but I no longer purchase software that isn't cross-platform.. that's why I bought Bitwig Studio, Davinci Resolve and Aftershot Pro, they all run on my beefy Linux computer as well. I'll buy Capture One too when the day comes :)
I would love to have Capture One on Linux, as the most capable / powerful systems I have are running Linux (Doing rendering / scientific computing etc). Most systems run Debian based distros like Ubuntu Desktop and Server.
Five 12/24 core Xeons with 64 to 128GB ECC memory and a host of nVidia Quadro RTX 5000's in Cubix PCIe expansion boxes, in addition some older Xeon servers ranging from hex core to 12core.
Today, I run Capture One on a Mac Pro 6.1 (Trash can) with 32GB mem and a 4 core Xeon. It is a bit slow on 50 to 100Mpixel images ...
Yes, please! I only use linux and would love to get Capture One to use with my Fuji camera.
Guys you have to make a Linux version! Linux doesn't have many good photo editing softwares besides darktable which is not the best in my honest opinion. I would buy a license if you get it on Linux!
- Pop_OS user
There is also Corel AfterShot Pro 3 for Linux. I had tested the trial version. Not bad, but no support for my Fujifilm camera. Capture One is the much better software and a Linux version would be guaranteed to get a lot of attention.
@Matthias Hartmann
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I am the owner of 254AllStars.com, the one who left the initial comment.
I would definitely use Capture One on my Ubuntu / Pop OS machines.
Waiting for a Linux release. Using alternatives to this until then.
I currently use C1 on mac but would LOVE to switch out to linux. I already dual boot linux for certain things and C1 is pretty much one of the last things holding me back from switching full time. Resolve already works (covering my video editing needs), I pretty much just use OSX for the affinity suite and capture one.
Several attempts to install C1 in Wine (Manjaro) ended negatively.
Either way, Wine is not an option for me. Only a Linux-native software is interesting imho
Not to speak blasphemy on a support forum for Capture One or anything, but
Darktable is excellent. It follows a different design paradigm than C1 as it's modular and often gives you many ways to do a thing, but it's a true open source project and that's just how those things are. The community support is incredible though and folks are pretty generous with their attention.
I did the same as Hi and use darktable now. As there are no infos whatsoever from the C1 team concerning a Linux version, I have given up hoping ... It's a pity, I would have been glad to buy a licence for a Linux version. Using Windows or macOS is meanwhile no option for me (no privacy, bloated operating system).
Hi, r f, Matthias,
Lets not lose sight of this thread. I am sure people who are serious about photography have already looked at the open source options. I shoot sports photography and I am have been using Raw Therapee for the last 4 years. I have tried to use Darktable multiple times and have walked away frustrated more than the fingers on my hand. The amount of options in programs like Raw Therapee and Dark Table are daunting to say the least and you almost have to be an engineer in color science to understand them.
With Raw Therapee, I could never get my Noise levels remotely near other sport photographers. I had to purchase a stand alone Neat Image license (Which they make for Linux, because they care) to reduce the noise I am dealing with at 6000 to 12500 iso.
On another topic after a Linux Update, Neat image stopped working for me. I reached out to Neat Image and after three days, they Put the fix in and applied it to all future versions. For a brief second before the update was shared with the world, I literally had a custom version of Neat Image.
Dark Table and Raw Therapee do not make it easy to process raw images when you have to go through 2000 photos for a deadline. With the advent of LED lighting and the potential for each light to have a slightly different color hue, something that is accurate in auto mode would be very nice. Raw Therapee is not the ticket for that/
I mean seriously, do I have to walk around a gym and take a photo while holding a gray color card under each light?
I would love it if the open source programs would work as efficiently and as good as the pay for versions, but unfortunately there is a large gap.
Capture one, you posted this thread two years ago. You either care to listen to the more than 100 people who have posted here or you do not. It’s time to either agree on a linux version or stop leading us on.
John Lambiase
254AllStars.com
I have moved my black and white and color workflows completely over to Darktable using the Filmic RGB module. I can't be running Windows just for photos.
If you would start something like a kickstarter and wait until you have 200 licenses sold or whatever number, I would love to be part of it!
I would buy on Ubuntu!
Now i use Aftershot pro for Linux :(
If you not want to make a linux version, så make a cloud based solution in cooperation with Smugmug.
I would love Capture One running on my Ubuntu Studio box. Very much. So +1 for C1 on Linux.
Please release a native Linux version. Pro-photography is the only creative market that is completely under-serviced in Linux. Many of us only tolerate Windows and Mac machines because we are locked into inferior Adobe programs and evil subscription plans.
I would instantly buy a perpetual license for Capture One Pro if you released a Linux version!
Yes Capture One on Linux
Looking at the nightmare of Windows 11, my best hope is Darling (running mac os apps in linux) or maybe wine to run capture one on my linux machine but best would still be a native solution. For now I will not update my licenses and try to go with rawtherapee until this issue is solved.
I would definitely put down money for a C1 Linux license. Even if it had to be crowdsourced before production.
I'd love to see Capture One on Linux - That said, I think a comprehensive photo editor would need to make the jump at the same time (eg Affinity) so that you could have your entire workflow within Linux.
+1!
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