Adobe Alternatives

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 and open-source option on top, but it might not be the best alternative depending on your use case.

Legend:

• ✨ = Free and open-source (or source available)
• ⭐️ = Free of charge
• 💵 = Single purchase
• 🔒 = Subscription for more functions
• ⌛ = Free trial

Alternatives to:

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Animate
• InDesign
• Substance
• Lightroom
• XD
• Premiere
• Acrobat
• Bridge
• Dreamweaver
• ColdFusion
• Audition
• After Effects

Photoshop

Photography

• ✨ PhotoGIMP (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ GIMP (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨️ Pinta (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ digiKam (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ (💵) Paint.NET (Windows)
• ⭐️ (💵) Photopea (Browser)
• ⭐️ (💵, 🔒) Sumo Paint (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (💵, 🔒) Sumopaint (Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Pixlr (Browser)
• 💵 Pixelmator Pro (macOS)
• 💵 PaintShop Pro (Windows)
• 💵 Affinity Photo (Windows, macOS, iOS)
• 💵 Photoline (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Acorn (macOS)

Painting

• ✨ Krita (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)
• ✨ MyPaint (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Tux Paint (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Kleki (Browser)
• ⭐️ (🔒) IbisPaint (Windows, Android, iOS)
• ⭐️ (💵) Sketchbook (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS)
• ⭐️ FireAlpaca (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ MediBang (Windows, macOS, Android)
• 💵 Paintstorm (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS)
• 💵 Corel Painter (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Rebelle (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 (🔒) Clip Studio Paint (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS)
• 💵 PaintTool SAI (Windows)
• 💵 Procreate (iOS)
• 💵 Linea Sketch (iOS)
• 💵 Artstudio Pro (iOS)
• 💵 Infinite Studio (Android, iOS)
• 💵 Realistic Paint Studio (Windows, macOS, iOS)
• 💵 ArtRage (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS)

Pixel art

• ✨ Pixelorama (Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi)
• ✨ PixiEditor (Windows)
• ✨ LibreSprite (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ GrafX2 (Windows, Linux, Android)
• ✨ Pixilart (Browser, Android, iOS)
• ✨ Piskel (Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ (or 💵) Aseprite (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Lospec Pixel Editor (Browser)
• ⭐️ Pixel Studio (Windows, macOS)
• ⭐️ Microsoft Paint (Windows)
• ⭐️ GraphicsGale (Windows)
• ⭐️ (🔒) dotpict (Android, iOS)
• 💵 Pro Motion NG (Windows)
• 💵 Lightcube (Windows)
• 💵 Pyxel Edit (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 Pixquare (macOS, iOS)

Illustrator

General

• ✨ Inkscape (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Graphite (Browser now / Windows, macOS, Linux apps in future)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Linearity Curve (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 (⌛) Boxy SVG (Browser)
• 💵 CorelDRAW (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Affinity Designer (Windows, macOS, iOS)
• 💵 Xara Designer (Windows)
• 🔒 Corel Vector (Browser)

Live trace

• ✨ SVGcode (Browser)
• ✨ VTracer (Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ CR8tracer (Windows)
• 💵 Vector Magic (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Animate

General

• ✨ Tahoma2D (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Bforartists (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Blender (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ OpenToonz (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Wick Editor (Browser)
• ✨ Synfig (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Glaxnimate (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Linearity Move (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 CACANi (Windows)
• 💵 TVPaint (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)
• 💵 Toon Boom (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 Clip Studio Paint (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Moho (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Tumult Hype (macOS)

Honorable mentions

• ✨ Krita (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android)
• ✨ Pencil2D (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ FireAlpaca (Windows, macOS, Linux)

InDesign

• ✨ Scribus (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Laidout (Linux)
• 💵 Affinity Publisher (Windows, macOS, iOS)
• 💵 QuarkXPress (Windows, macOS)

Substance

Designer

• ✨ Material Maker (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ ArmorLab (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, macOS)
• ⭐️ InstaMAT (Windows, macOS)
• ⭐️ PixaFlux (Windows, macOS)

Painter

• ✨ UcuPaint (Blender Extension)
• ✨ (💵)ArmorPaint (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
• ⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, macOS)
• ⭐️ InstaMAT (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 3DCoat (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 (or 🔒) Marmoset Toolbag (Windows, macOS)
• 🔒 Mari (Windows, Linux)

Sampler

Texturing

• ✨ ArmorLab (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Meshes

• ✨ Meshroom (Windows, Linux)
• ⭐️ RealityCapture (Windows)

Lightroom

• ✨ ART (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ RawTherapee (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Darktable (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ digiKam (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 (or 🔒) Darkroom (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 Photomator (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 ON1 Photo RAW (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 FastRawViewer (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Capture One (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Dx0 PhotoLab (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Luminar Neo (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Aurora HDR (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Tonfotos (Windows, Linux, macOS)

XD

• ✨ Penpot (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Draftoola (Linux)
• ✨ Quant-UX (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Lunacy (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Figma (Browser, Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Sketch (macOS)
• 💵 Origami Studio (macOS)
• 💵 Axure RP (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Principle (macOS)
• 🔒 Framer (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Premiere

• ✨ Blender (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Olive (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Kdenlive (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Shotcut (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ OpenShot (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ AVIDemux (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ VidCutter (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ LiVES (macOS, Linux)
• ✨ VirtualDub (Windows)
• ✨ Pitivi (Linux)
• ✨ (💵) Lightworks (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ PIKIMOV (Browser)
• ⭐️ wide.video (Browser)
• ⭐️ (💵) HitFilm (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Resolve (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 (or 🔒) VEGAS Pro (Windows)
• 💵 Final Cut Pro (macOS, iOS)
• 🔒 AVID Media Composer (Windows, macOS)
• 🔒 Kapwing (Browser)
• 🔒 CapCut (Browser, Windows, Android, iOS)

Acrobat

Editor

• ✨ PDF Arranger (Windows, Linux)
• ✨ LibreOffice Draw (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Inkscape (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Stirling-PDF (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Scribus (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ PDFtk (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ PDF24 (Windows)
• 💵 PDF-XChange (Windows)
• 💵 (or 🔒) PDF Expert (macOS, iOS)
• 🔒 Xodo (Browser, Windows, Android, iOS)

Reader

• ✨ Zathura (Linux)
• ✨ Sioyek (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Sumatra PDF (Windows)
• ✨ Okular (Windows, Linux)
• ✨ Evince (Windows, Linux)
• ✨ XPDFReader (Windows, Linux)

Bridge

• ⭐️ XnView MP (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 (⌛) Eagle (Windows, macOS)
• 🔒 Anchorpoint (Windows, macOS)

Dreamweaver

• ✨ Pulsar (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ NetBeans (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ VSCodium (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Visual Studio Code (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ PageFabric (Windows)
• 💵 (🔒) Nova (macOS)
• 🔒 WebStorm (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 PHPStorm (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Media Encoder

• ✨ Handbrake (Windows, macOS, Linux)

ColdFusion

• ✨ (🔒) BoxLang (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Audition

General

• ✨ Tenacity (Windows, Linux)
• ✨ Audacity (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Ocenaudio (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Resolve Fairlight (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Wavosaur (Windows)
• 💵 GoldWave (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 iZotope RX (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Sound Forge (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Fission (macOS)

DAWs

• ✨ (💵, 🔒) Ardour (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ (💵, 🔒) Zrythm (Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD)
• ✨ LMMS (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Cakewalk (Windows)
• ⭐️ GarageBand (macOS)
• ⭐️ (💵) Tracktion (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Pro Tools (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Mixbus (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 Reaper (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 Logic Pro (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 Ableton Live (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 FL Studio (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 FL Studio Mobile (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS)
• 💵 Bitwig (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 Steinberg Wavelab (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Steinberg Cubase (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Steinberg Nuendo (Windows, macOS)
• 🔒 Studio One (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 Cakewalk Next (Windows)
• 🔒 Cakewalk Sonar (Windows)

After Effects

Compositing and effects

• ✨ Natron (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Bforartists (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Blender (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Gaffer (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Resolve Fusion (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (💵) Fusion (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ Unreal Engine (Motion Graphics Tools) (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 💵 (⌛🔒) Autograph (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 Autodesk Flame (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 Autodesk Maya (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 Nuke (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Motion graphics

• ✨ Cables (Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Tooll3 (Windows)
• ✨ Bforartists (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Blender (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ Friction (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ✨ AstroFox (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Linearity Move (macOS, iOS)
• ⭐️ (🔒) Cavalry (Windows, macOS)
• 💵 Final Cut Pro (Motion) (macOS, iOS)
• 💵 (⌛🔒) Autograph (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• 🔒 Rive (Browser, Windows, macOS)
• 🔒 Jitter (Browser)