Frankly, Darktable does not mirror Lightroom in anything but the basic screen layout. Its tools are by and large entirely different. A few months ago, I tried

Frankly, Darktable does not mirror Lightroom in anything but the basic screen layout. Its tools are by and large entirely different. A few months ago, I tried to do a big comparison of RAW developers, maybe you'll find it interesting: https://bastibe.de/2020-05-01-raw-developer-comparison.html https://bastibe.de/2020-05-01-raw-developer-comparison.html What I learned from that is mostly that these are all massively complex programs that can't really be judged without investing a few months into them. But even at the superficial level that can be compared in a trial month, there are serious differences in how even the simplest tools work in all of these tools. And that many of them actually exhibit quite severe artifacts. But Darktable and RawTherapee were among the best of them in terms of results. One truly does not need to invest money in a RAW developer if one doesn't want to. If you don't already, head over to discuss.pixls.us for in-depth discussions of Darktable's and RawTherapee's inner workings.