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.
Legend:
- ✨ = Free & open source
- ⭐️ = Free of charge
- 💵 = Single purchase
- 🔒 = Subscription for more functions
Alternatives to:
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Animate
- InDesign
- Substance
- Lightroom
- XD
- Premiere
- Acrobat
- Bridge
- Dreamweaver
- Audition
- After Effects
Photoshop
Photography
- ✨ GIMP (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵, 🔒) Sumo Paint (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Photopea (Browser)
- ⭐️ Paint.NET (Windows)
- ⭐️ Pixlr (Browser)
- 💵 Pixelmator Pro (Mac)
- 💵 PaintShop Pro (Windows)
- 💵 Affinity Photo (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- 💵 Photoline (Windows, Mac)
Painting
- ✨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- ✨ MyPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ IbisPaint (Windows, iOS, Android)
- ⭐️ Sketchbook (iOS, Android)
- ⭐️ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)
- ⭐️ Medibang (Windows, Mac, Android)
- 💵 Paintstorm (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- 💵 Corel Painter (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Rebelle (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
- 💵 PaintTool SAI (Windows)
- 💵 Procreate (iOS)
- 💵 Artstudio Pro (iOS)
- 💵 Infinite Studio (iOS, Android)
Pixel art
- ✨ (or 💵) Aseprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Pixelorama (Browser, Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi)
- ✨ PixiEditor (Windows)
- ✨ LibreSprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ GrafX2 (Windows, Linux, Android)
- ✨ Pixilart (Browser, Android, iPhone, iPad)
- ⭐️ Lospec Pixel Editor (Browser)
- ⭐️ Pixel Studio (Windows, Mac)
- ⭐️ Microsoft Paint (Windows)
- 💵 Pro Motion NG (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 Pyxel Edit (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Illustrator
General
- ✨ Inkscape (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Boxy SVG (Browser)
- 💵 Corel Draw (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Affinity Designer (Windows, Mac, iOS)
- 💵 Vectornator (Mac, iOS)
- 💵 Xara Designer (Windows)
- 🔒 Corel Vector (Browser)
Live trace
- ✨ SVGcode (Browser)
- ✨ VTracer (Windows, Mac, Linux, Browser)
- ✨ CR8tracer (Windows)
- 💵 Vector Magic (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Animate
General
- ✨ Tahoma2D *(Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ OpenToonz (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Wick Editor (Browser)
- ✨ Synfig (Browser)
- ✨ Glaxnimate (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 CACANi (Windows)
- 💵 TVPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- 💵 Toon Boom (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Moho (Windows, Mac)
Honorable mentions
- ✨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)
- ✨ Pencil2D (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)
InDesign
- ✨ Scribus (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Laidout (Linux)
- 💵 Affinity Publisher (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 QuarkXPress (Windows, Mac)
Substance
Designer
- ✨ Material Maker (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Painter
- ✨ ArmorPaint (Windows, Linux)
- ⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 3DCoat (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 (or 🔒) Marmoset Toolbag (Windows, Mac)
Lightroom
- ✨ RawTherapee (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Darktable (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ digiKam (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 On1 (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 FastRawViewer (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Capture One (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Dx0 PhotoLab (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Luminar Neo (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Aurora HDR (Windows, Mac)
XD
- ✨ Penpot (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Draftoola (Linux)
- 💵 Sketch (Mac)
- 💵 Lunacy (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 Origami Studio (Mac)
- 💵 Axure RP (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Principle (Mac)
- 🔒 Framer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Premiere
- ✨ Olive (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Kdenlive (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ OpenShot (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Shotcut (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Resolve (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 VEGAS Pro (Windows)
- 💵 Final Cut Pro (Mac, iOS)
- 🔒 Kapwing (Browser)
- 🔒 CapCut (Browser, Windows, iOS, Android)
Acrobat
Editor
- ✨ LibreOffice Draw (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ PDF24 (Windows)
- 💵 PDF-XChange (Windows)
- 🔒 Xodo (Browser)
Reader
- ✨ Zathura (Linux)
- ✨ Sumatra PDF (Windows)
Bridge
- ⭐️ XnView MP (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 🔒 Anchorpoint (Windows, Mac)
Dreamweaver
- ✨ Netbeans (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ VSCodium (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) Blue Griffon (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ PageFabric (Windows)
- 💵 (🔒) Nova (Mac)
- 🔒 WebStorm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 🔒 PHPStorm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Audition
General
- ✨ Audacity (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Ocenaudio (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Fairlight (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 iZotope RX (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Sound Forge (Windows, Mac)
DAWs
- ✨ (💵, 🔒) Ardour (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ LMMS (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ Cakewalk (Windows)
- ⭐️ GarageBand (Mac)
- ⭐️ (💵) Tracktion (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) Pro Tools (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 Reaper (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 Logic Pro (Mac, iOS)
- 💵 Ableton Live (Windows, Mac)
- 💵 FL Studio (Windows, Mac, Android)
- 🔒 Studio One (Windows, Mac)
After Effects
Compositing & FX
- ✨ Natron (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ✨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) DaVinci Fusion (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- ⭐️ (💵) HitFilm (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- 💵 VEGAS Effects (Windows)