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Adobe Lightroom CC running on Linux
Claude Code did the heavy lifting to get Lightroom working on Linux.
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Credits
- HN submitter bno1 Source ↗
- Post author sturmsucht.de Source ↗
- Post author genticnews.bsky.social Source ↗
- Reddit poster OkReport5065 Source ↗
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The full story
Adobe Lightroom CC doesn't officially run on Linux. With Claude Opus 4.7, one developer got it working through Wine from a single prompt; the work included patching DLLs and getting cloud sync to work. The result is on GitHub as lightroom-cc-on-linux.
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From the maker's own write-up or code. We summarise what they report; we haven't tested it ourselves.
- Hacker News: Claude Code Did the Heavy Lifting to Get Adobe Lightroom CC Running on Linux
- Hacker News discussion (6 points)HN submitter: bno1Posted
- Bluesky: Someone ported Lightroom for Linux using Claude. 👀 https://github.com/sander110419/lightrPost author: sturmsucht.dePosted
A Bluesky post linking the GitHub project.
- Bluesky: Claude Code Autonomously Ported Lightroom CC to Linux Claude Opus 4.7 autonomously ported Post author: genticnews.bsky.socialPosted
A news summary of how the port was done.
- Reddit: Adobe Lightroom CC now works on Linux thanks to Wine and ClaudeReddit poster: OkReport5065Posted
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