Every tool starts with an empty page.

Software that fits.

Tools for photographers, creatives, and self-hosters - focused, elegant, and crafted with care.

Why Whitespace Software

Whitespace is a small, independent software studio for clearly defined groups with clearly defined problems: photographers buried in archives of 100,000 images, photo enthusiasts who want stars and labels in their own self-hosted Nextcloud, Windows users tired of bloated viewers.

Every tool ships only what is needed. No tracking. No upsells. No dark patterns. Just software that fits the way you actually work - and respects your time, your storage, and your privacy.

A solo studio based in Germany, building since 2009. Each product is shaped by direct conversations with the people who use it - built by someone who's a photographer himself and uses it every day.

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FlashView

Fast Photo Viewer for Windows

Browse and cull archives of 100,000+ photos. Batch-rate with one keystroke, edit non-destructively, export. Standard XMP, readable by Lightroom, Bridge, Photo Mechanic and digiKam.

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StarRate Open Source

Photo Rating for Nextcloud

Rate, label and curate your photos directly in Nextcloud - together with clients and models, via guest link. With stars, color labels, and XMP metadata that Lightroom can read.

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FlashRetouch Alpha

Automatic Portrait Retouching for Windows

Finds blemishes and skin imperfections, fixes them and models the skin. Runs locally on your machine. In alpha right now.

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From the workshop

City Flight Free

A free 3D screensaver: an endless flight through a city at night, rendered in real time. A piece of demoscene craft - the same roots FlashView gets its speed from.

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