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Siril VS PixInsight

Compare Siril VS PixInsight and see what are their differences

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Siril logo Siril

Siril is an astronomical image processing tool, able to convert, pre-process images, help aligning...

PixInsight logo PixInsight

A powerful deep sky stacking application for astrophotography.
  • Siril Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-15
  • PixInsight Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-28

Siril videos

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SIRIL tutorial for image processing from DSLR raw files and without using dark flat or bias frames.

More videos:

  • Review - Pre-processing images with Siril (EN)
  • Tutorial - Siril and GIMP - How to capture a galaxy with your DSLR, Part 2B

PixInsight videos

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Stacking Shootout - Pixinsight vs DSS vs Nebulosity. Also Cybertruck.

More videos:

  • Review - Explaining PixInsight #1 | OSC Workflow | Pre-Processing
  • Review - DeepSkyStacker vs. PixInsight Stacking

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Siril and PixInsight)

Siril

PixInsight

Time Tracking
48 48%
Time Tracking
52% 52
Invoicing
50 50%
Invoicing
50% 50
Accounting
51 51%
Accounting
49% 49
Photos & Graphics
50 50%
Photos & Graphics
50% 50

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, PixInsight seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 8 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Siril mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Siril yet. Tracking of Siril recommendations started around Mar 2021.

PixInsight mentions (8)

  • When it comes to software what do you use and can you go a little bit into detail on how to use it
    PixInsight - Stacking and image processing. It's pricey but really the best processing software out there for deep sky pics imo (DeepSkyStacker / Siril / GIMP are commonly used free alternatives). Source: 10 months ago
  • Asahi Ubuntu: does it support PixInSight and Gimp?
    Dear friends of Asahi, I was planning to get a laptop mainly for astrophotography postproduction while traveling, and other normal tasks. Apps required for astrophoto elaboration are just 2: PixInSight and Gimp. An M1 cored MacBook seem a very good machine but I really dislike macOS. I was wondering before spending time and money looking for suitable offer from refurbished market if Asahi Linux should run both... Source: 11 months ago
  • The Horsehead Nebula from my front yard
    Subs were calibrated and integrated for each filter using SiriL. In PixInsight I started by cropping the three stacked images, used automatic background extraction, and then combined the three into a colour image. BlurXTerminator on the combined image and StarNet v2 to separate the stars.. Separate multi scale linear transform on starless and luminance, more aggressive on the starless image. Unsharpmask applied to... Source: about 1 year ago
  • Files for the NGC 3132 Nebula
    PixInsight (costs money and I haven't tried a free trial). Source: almost 2 years ago
  • North America Nebula, NGC 7000
    PixInsight; stacking, calibration, noise reduction. Source: almost 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Siril and PixInsight, you can also consider the following products

DeepSkyStacker - DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of...

APT (Astro Photography Tool) - APT stands for "AstroPhotography Tool" and it is like Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions.

N.I.N.A. - NINA is a night time imaging and astronomy software.

RegiStax - Photography, Astronomy, Image, and Astrophotography

Nebulosity - Nebulosity is designed to be a powerful, but simple to use capture and processing application for Windows and Mac.

Star Tools - Star Tools is one of the most advanced image processing tools that you can use for astrophotography.

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