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.
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 (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, Mac)
- 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΅ 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)