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darktable version history

Open source photography workflow app and RAW developer.

Current verified version5.6.0

Verified 2026-08-23 from darktable GitHub releases.

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15 stable release records

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  1. 5.6.0release 5.6.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.6.0!

    removalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  2. 5.4.1release 5.4.1

    We're proud to announce the bug-fix release of darktable, 5.4.1!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  3. 5.4.0release 5.4.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.4.0!

    removalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  4. 5.2.1release 5.2.1

    We’re proud to announce the new bug-fix release of darktable, 5.2.1!

    removalknown issuefeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  5. 5.2.0release 5.2.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.2.0!

    securitydeprecationremovalknown issuefeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  6. 5.0.1release 5.0.1

    We're proud to announce the new bug-fix release of darktable, 5.0.1!

    removalknown issuefeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  7. 5.0.0release 5.0.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0!

    removalknown issuefeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  8. 4.8.1release 4.8.1

    We're proud to announce the new corrective release of darktable, 4.8.1!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  9. 4.8.0release 4.8.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.8.0!

    removalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  10. 4.6.1release 4.6.1

    We're proud to announce the new corrective release of darktable, 4.6.1!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  11. 4.6.0release 4.6.0

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.6.0!

    removalfeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  12. 4.4.2release 4.4.2

    We're proud to announce the new corrective release of darktable, 4.4.2!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  13. 4.4.1darktable 4.4.1 released

    We're proud to announce the new corrective release of darktable, 4.4.1!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗
  14. 4.4.0darktable 4.4.0 released

    We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.4.0!

    deprecationremovalknown issuefeaturefix
    Official release ↗
  15. 4.2.1darktable 4.2.1 released

    We're proud to announce the new bug fix release of darktable, 4.2.1!

    featurefix
    Official release ↗

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2026-08-23

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