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🎨 Free Creative and Design Software
From photo editing and vector design to 3D modeling and publishing, this category focuses on free creative software that can ship real work. It is useful when looking for alternatives to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma or commercial creative suites.
19 tools
SoloPic
A whole folder of images, handled in one command
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
digiKam
Managing a hundred thousand photos, entirely offline, nothing uploaded
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
FontForge
Build your own typeface, or fix somebody else's
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Godot Engine
Make games with no royalties — whatever you earn is yours
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
ImageMagick
FFmpeg for images — one command, thousands of files
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
OpenToonz
Professional 2D animation software used on feature films, free and open
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Pencil2D
The easiest hand-drawn animation tool — open it and draw
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Pixelorama
Pixel art and sprite animation — the free answer to Aseprite
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Squoosh
Compress images in a web page — with nothing uploaded
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Blender
The free and open-source 3D creation suite
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
darktable
A free, open-source RAW workflow and virtual darkroom
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Excalidraw
A free, collaborative whiteboard with a hand-drawn feel
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- No Sign-up
FreeID Photo
On-device ID photos — no watermark, no paywall
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
- No Sign-up
GIMP
A free, professional image editor — the open-source answer to Photoshop
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Inkscape
Professional vector graphics — the open-source answer to Illustrator
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Krita
A free, professional digital painting app made by artists
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Penpot
An open-source design and prototyping platform — the free answer to Figma
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Self-hostable
RawTherapee
A powerful, free and open-source RAW photo developer
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline
Scribus
Free, open-source desktop publishing and layout software
- Open Source
- No Ads
- No Tracking
- Offline