Tony Northrup (who has nearly 600,000 followers) shows his favorite two free RAW image editors.
summary: If you are good with computers, you will love RawTherapee.
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I just came here to post this. Beat me to it 
“To download it you see this long list, its already a nerdy experience.”
I lol’d, but we should make it a bit easier, no?
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Yeah, you always have to keep in mind that there is a big community of users who are not programmers, not scientifically inclined, not even slightly nerdy, not even interested in how things work…but still want to process their pictures. 
Tony just shew us how unfamiliar he was with RT (e.g. not activating the tool with the power button), but at least he talked about it which is nice.
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Well, you can tell who has read the entire Rawtherapee manual and who hasn’t. (Somewhat joking here.)
I for one, found the Rawtherapee interface initially overwhelming and did not use the software until I recently purchased a Nikon raw capable camera. Once I realized I needed a raw editor and finding RawTherapee likely the best software tool, I immediately set-out to read the entire Rawtherapee manual. Once I completed reading the RawTherapee manual, I found myself no longer overwhelmed by all the options/features/functions.
The only problem now is knowing when and where to use all of RawTherapee’s functions. And am guessing Tony Northrup’s $20 Light Room book will probably suffice, as these other programs are merrily more simplified and adhere to similar principles of RawTherapee. On the flip, if you have a degree in color and lighting, this is probably child’s play and will not need any training wheels or coloring book to explain RawTherapee’s functions!
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We still need to simplify the downloads 