# RawTherapee changelog

> A powerful cross-platform raw photo processor.

- Vendor: RawTherapee
- Category: Design Tools
- Platforms: Desktop
- Official site: https://www.rawtherapee.com
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee)
- Harvested from: GitHub (Beep6581/RawTherapee)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 5.13

- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: 5.13
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.13
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.13
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.13`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.13.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.13-rc1

- Date: 2026-06-21
- Version: 5.13-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.13-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.13-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.13-rc1`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.13-rc1.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.12

- Date: 2025-05-28
- Version: 5.12
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.12
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.12
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.12`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.12.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.12-rc2

- Date: 2025-05-04
- Version: 5.12-rc2
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.12-rc2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.12-rc2
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.12-rc2`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.12-rc2.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.12-rc1

- Date: 2025-04-23
- Version: 5.12-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.12-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.12-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.12-rc1`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.12-rc1.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.11

- Date: 2024-08-24
- Version: 5.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.11
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.11`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.11.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.11-rc1

- Date: 2024-08-15
- Version: 5.11-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.11-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.11-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and git checkout 5.11-rc1, or use the rawtherapee-5.11-rc1.tar.xz tarball below. Do not use the Source code (zip/tar.gz) tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.10

- Date: 2024-02-16
- Version: 5.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.10
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.10`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.10.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.10-rc1

- Date: 2024-02-10
- Version: 5.10-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.10-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.10-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and git checkout 5.10-rc1, or use the rawtherapee-5.10-rc1.tar.xz tarball below. Do not use the Source code (zip/tar.gz) tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.

### 5.9

- Date: 2022-11-27
- Version: 5.9
- Original notes: https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/releases/tag/5.9
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/rawtherapee/releases/5.9
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

To get the source code, either clone from git and `git checkout 5.9`, or use the `rawtherapee-5.9.tar.xz` tarball below. Do not use the `Source code (zip/tar.gz)` tarballs auto-generated by GitHub below, they lack some metadata.