Show HN: Schist – the open source photo editor that feels nice to use

Schist, an open source photo editor, launched on Hacker News, offering Photoshop-class features including 134 filters, support for Affinity and Photoshop files, and integration with AI agents like Codex and Claude Code. The tool loads in under 2 seconds and is built for modern Linux distributions.

Beautiful and feature-rich shouldn't mean closed source Free but not feature-less Brushes, transforms, selections, filters, and even your Photoshop plugins work in Schist. Pull in your Affinity or Photoshop files with no issues Let your agents do the work If you have Codex or Claude Code installed with an active subscription, your agents can work alongside you editing the canvas as you watch Works great on Linux Free and open source, the tool is fully built to run on modern Linux distributions Loads in under 2 seconds on any platform Photoshop-class filters 134 filters from Photoshop's Filter menu, Filter Gallery and Neural Filters included, with the dialogs you already know. Every one previews live on the canvas, and the heavy sweeps run on your GPU