Ayin – An open-source photo editing software

In plain words

Ayin is an open-source photo editing software with a real-time graphical interface built for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Designed for students and developers, it provides interactive image editing capabilities and is freely available to use and modify under the GPLv3 license on GitHub. The software uses ImGui, SDL2, and OpenGL for rendering, making it accessible for anyone interested in photo editing or studying the codebase.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Ayin is a free and open source photo editing software available on Windows, Linux, and MacOS - faresbakhit/ayin

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello HN, I'm Fares A. Bakhit a junior CS student at Cairo University and I'm happy to announce my latest project, "Ayin" is an open-source photo editing software available on Windows, Linux, and MacOS (Only a Windows build is available now on GitHub but you can compile it yourself to other platforms) with an…

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