A list of alternatives for Adobe software, originally collected by @XdanielArt and improved upon by the community. Feel free to open issues or pull requests, or create an image (for easy sharing) out of the data. The lists are always ordered with the free & open source option on top, but it might not be the best alternative depending on your use case.
Legend:
- β¨ = Free & open source
- βοΈ = Free of charge
- π΅ = Single purchase
- π = Subscription for more functions
Alternatives to:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Animate
- InDesign
- Substance
- Lightroom
- XD
- Premiere
- Acrobat
- Bridge
- Dreamweaver
- Audition
- After Effects
- β¨ GIMP (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅, π) Sumo Paint (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Photopea (Browser)
- βοΈ Paint.NET (Windows)
- βοΈ Pixlr (Browser)
- π΅ Pixelmator Pro (Mac)
- π΅ PaintShop Pro (Windows)
- π΅ Affinity Photo (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- π΅ Photoline (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- β¨ MyPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ IbisPaint (Windows, iOS, Android)
- βοΈ Sketchbook (iOS, Android)
- βοΈ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)
- βοΈ Medibang (Windows, Mac, Android)
- π΅ Paintstorm (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- π΅ Corel Painter (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Rebelle (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
- π΅ PaintTool SAI (Windows)
- π΅ Procreate (iOS)
- π΅ Artstudio Pro (iOS)
- π΅ Infinite Studio (iOS, Android)
- β¨ (or π΅) Aseprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Pixelorama (Browser, Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi)
- β¨ PixiEditor (Windows)
- β¨ LibreSprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ GrafX2 (Windows, Linux, Android)
- β¨ Pixilart (Browser, Android, iPhone, iPad)
- βοΈ Lospec Pixel Editor (Browser)
- βοΈ Pixel Studio (Windows, Mac)
- βοΈ Microsoft Paint (Windows)
- π΅ Pro Motion NG (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ Pyxel Edit (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Inkscape (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Boxy SVG (Browser)
- π΅ Corel Draw (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Affinity Designer (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- π΅ Vectornator (Mac, iOS)
- π΅ Xara Designer (Windows)
- π Corel Vector (Browser)
- β¨ SVGcode (Browser)
- β¨ VTracer (Windows, Mac, Linux, Browser)
- β¨ CR8tracer (Windows)
- π΅ Vector Magic (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Tahoma2D *(Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ OpenToonz (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Wick Editor (Browser)
- β¨ Synfig (Browser)
- β¨ Glaxnimate (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ CACANi (Windows)
- π΅ TVPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- π΅ Toon Boom (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Moho (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- β¨ Pencil2D (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Scribus (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Laidout (Linux)
- π΅ Affinity Publisher (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ QuarkXPress (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Material Maker (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ ArmorPaint (Windows, Linux)
- βοΈ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ 3DCoat (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ (or π) Marmoset Toolbag (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ RawTherapee (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Darktable (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ digiKam (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ On1 (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ FastRawViewer (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Capture One (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Dx0 PhotoLab (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Luminar Neo (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Aurora HDR (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Penpot (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Draftoola (Linux)
- π΅ Sketch (Mac)
- π΅ Lunacy (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ Origami Studio (Mac)
- π΅ Axure RP (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Principle (Mac)
- π Framer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Olive (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Kdenlive (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ OpenShot (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Shotcut (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) DaVinci Resolve (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ VEGAS Pro (Windows)
- π΅ Final Cut Pro (Mac, iOS)
- π Kapwing (Browser)
- π CapCut (Browser, Windows, iOS, Android)
- β¨ LibreOffice Draw (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ PDF24 (Windows)
- π΅ PDF-XChange (Windows)
- π Xodo (Browser)
- β¨ Zathura (Linux)
- β¨ Sumatra PDF (Windows)
- βοΈ XnView MP (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π Anchorpoint (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Netbeans (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ VSCodium (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) Blue Griffon (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ PageFabric (Windows)
- π΅ (π) Nova (Mac)
- π WebStorm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π PHPStorm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Audacity (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Ocenaudio (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) DaVinci Fairlight (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ iZotope RX (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Sound Forge (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ (π΅, π) Ardour (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ LMMS (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ Cakewalk (Windows)
- βοΈ GarageBand (Mac)
- βοΈ (π΅) Tracktion (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) Pro Tools (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ Reaper (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ Logic Pro (Mac, iOS)
- π΅ Ableton Live (Windows, Mac)
- π΅ FL Studio (Windows, Mac, Android)
- π Studio One (Windows, Mac)
- β¨ Natron (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- β¨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) DaVinci Fusion (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- βοΈ (π΅) HitFilm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- π΅ VEGAS Effects (Windows)