LrToolbox

The Ultimate Solution for Lightroom Catalog Management

LrToolbox is a comprehensive Windows software designed to handle your Lightroom catalogs with ease. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a hobbyist, this tool will help you streamline your workflow and increase productivity. Whether you need to extract previews from catalogs, convert your photo ratings to sidecar files, or convert RAW photos to JPG, LrToolbox is here to help you in just a few clicks.

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Key Features

  • Compatible up to Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.0 (October 2025)
  • Adobe Lightroom does not need to be installed!
  • Extract previews from catalogs with ease1
  • Convert photo ratings to sidecar files
  • Convert RAW photos to JPEG format
  • User-friendly interface and easy to use
  • Fast and reliable performance
  • Works on all major versions of Windows: 7 and above, even Windows 11 😉
Extract Previews from Lightroom Catalogs

Have you ever lost or accidentally deleted some original photos, but still have your Lightroom catalog?
LrToolbox allows you to extract previews from Lightroom catalogs for backup or recovery. That way you can easily restore your photos from a catalog in case the referenced images are missing or damaged.

1 The free trial will extract a maximum of 10 images.

Convert Ratings to Sidecar (XMP)

LrToolbox can take your photos and extract their ratings (and other metadata), saving them to so called XMP sidecar files. This allows you to keep ratings, even if applications in your workflow don’t support Lightroom catalogs.

RAW to JPG Conversion

LrToolbox also includes a powerful RAW converter, which allows you to convert your catalog’s RAW photos to JPG format. This can be useful if you want to downsize older catalogs for archiving, or need to edit photos in other software programs. You can choose to keep or delete original RAW files, only include photos with specific ratings, and optionally include photos in TIFF format.

Catalog Analysis & CSV Reporting

Go beyond simple image recovery. LrToolbox 2026 introduces export of your catalog’s metadata into a detailed CSV file. This non-destructive process reveals the hidden structure of your photo sessions without altering your original files. And it doesn’t need a licence for Adobe Lightroom it’s a read only process !

  • For Photographers: Visualize your shooting habits, chronologies, and camera and hardware usage.
  • For Experts & Legal Use: Generate audit-ready logs containing original timestamps, filenames, and capture data. Ideal for validating timelines or proving the integrity of a digital portfolio. Also suitable for forensic analysis or personal recovery of your photos.

Screenshots

extract preview from a lightroom catalog
extracting the rating from exif to xmp side
convert raw from a lightroom catalog to jpeg to save space

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Adobe and Lightroom are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. LrToolbox is not affilicated with Adobe in any way.

Latest Version

Version: 2026.0.0.20
Released: December 3rd, 2025
Size: 10 MB

Purchase

24.99 EUR (plus VAT)