Litria outside a browser tab

Litria is a website, and it runs in Chrome or Edge on a computer. You do not have to keep it in a browser tab, though. This post covers the three other ways to use it: the desktop app, the web app installed from the browser, and Chrome on an Android phone.

The desktop app

The desktop app is Litria in a window of its own, with the same editor, library and masks as the website.

Download it

The download section on the homepage offers the file for your system:

• Linux: an AppImage for 64-bit Intel and AMD machines.
• Windows: an installer for 64-bit Windows. It installs for your user alone, so it needs no administrator rights.

The Windows installer is not signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time. Click More info, then Run anyway.

What it adds

• It works offline. The app needs no connection to edit. It checks for an update once each time it opens, and if it cannot reach the internet, nothing changes.
• It remembers your folders. Once you add a folder, the app can open it at the next launch without asking you again.
• It tells you about updates. On Linux and Windows, a new version downloads in the background and the version line says Update ready · Restart.

The app keeps its own storage, apart from your browser's. Edits you make in the app stay in the app, and edits made in Chrome stay in Chrome. Your photo files are shared, since both read the same folders.

Install the web app

In Chrome or Edge on a computer, you can also install Litria from the browser. Open litria.app/photos and use the install button at the end of the address bar, or Install in the browser's menu.

The installed app opens in its own window with its own icon, and goes straight to your photos instead of the homepage. Once it has loaded, it opens without a connection, and it uses the same storage as Litria in that browser, so your edits are there.

It also lets you open photos from your file manager. Use Open with on a photo, choose Litria, and the photo opens there. That works for JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and GIF files, and for DNG, ARW, NEF and CR2 RAW files.

When a new version is ready, the version line says Update ready · Reload.

On an Android phone

Litria runs in Chrome on Android, with a layout made for a phone. Below 600 px wide, the editor shows the photo on top and a row of tools under it: Light, Curves, Color, Detail, Effects, Crop, Masks, Presets, History and the rest. Tap one and its controls open in a sheet at the bottom, with the photo still in view above it.

• Pinch to zoom into the photo, and drag to move around it.
• Paint a brush mask with your finger.
• Curves has four quick shapes on a phone: Linear, Medium contrast, Strong contrast and Matte.
• The Back button closes a sheet or a dialog first, then takes you from the editor back to the library.

Chrome asks again for access to your photo folders each time you open Litria. Allow it, and the library and your edits are there as you left them.

Other phone browsers, including every browser on iPhone and iPad, show a notice instead of the app.

Open Litria

Open Litria in Chrome or Edge, or download the desktop app.