Polarr might be a bit more popular than UFRaw. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to UFRaw. 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.
Why not just use https://www.rawtherapee.com/ or https://www.darktable.org/ to process raw files? You can still export from these as .xcf or tiff for further work in gimp if you like. Otherwise ufraw can be used as a plugin http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/ Https://digital-photography-school.com/opening-raw-images-in-gimp-with-ufraw-for-windows-the-basics/ (you mention "are only on linux" but don't mention your OS. Source: over 2 years ago
Polarr has versions for Mac and Windows and a free mode. Source: over 2 years ago
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