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)💵 Affinity Photo (Windows, Mac, iOS)💵 Photoline (Windows, Mac)⭐️ Photopea (Browser)⭐️ Paint.NET (Windows)💵 Pixelmator Pro (Mac)💵 PaintShop Pro (Windows)⭐️ Pxlr (Browser)
Painting
✨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)💵 Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)💵 PaintTool SAI (Windows, Mac)💵 Procreate (iOS)💵 Artstudio Pro (iOS)⭐️ IbisPaint (Android)⭐️ Sketchbook (iOS, Android)✨ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)⭐️ Medibang (Windows, Mac, Android)💵 Paintstorm (Windows, Mac, iOS)✨ MyPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Corel Painter (Windows, Mac)
Pixel art
⭐️ Lospec Pixel Editor (Browser)✨ LibreSprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ Pixel Studio (Windows, Mac)✨ (or💵 ) Aseprite (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Pyxel Edit (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ Microsoft Paint (Windows)✨ Pixelorama (Browser, Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi)✨ PixiEditor (Windows)
Illustrator
General
✨ Inkscape (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ Boxy SVG (Browser)🔒 Corel Vector (Browser)💵 Corel Draw (Windows, Mac)💵 Affinity Designer (Windows, Mac, iOS)💵 Vectornator (Mac, iOS)💵 Xara Designer (Windows)
Live trace
💵 Vector Magic (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Animate
General
💵 CACANi (Windows)💵 TVPaint (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)💵 Toon Boom (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ Tahoma2D *(Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Clip Studio Paint (Windows, Mac)💵 Moho (Windows, Mac)✨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ OpenToonz (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ Wick Editor (Browser)✨ Synfig (Browser)
Honorable mentions
✨ Krita (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android)✨ Pencil2D (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ FireAlpaca (Windows, Mac)
InDesign
✨ Scribus (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Affinity Publisher (Windows, Mac)💵 QuarkXPress (Windows, Mac)
Substance
Designer
⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ Material Maker (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Painter
⭐️ Quixel Mixer (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ ArmorPaint (Windows, Linux)💵 3DCoat (Windows, Mac, Linux)
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)🔒 Framer (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Sketch (Mac)💵 Lunacy (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Origami Studio (Mac)💵 Axure RP (Windows, Mac)💵 Principle (Mac)
Premiere
✨ Olive (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ Kdenlive (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ (💵 ) DaVinci Resolve (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 VEGAS Pro (Windows)💵 Final Cut Pro (Mac, iOS)🔒 Kapwing (Browser)🔒 CapCut (Browser, Windows, iOS, Android)
Acrobat
💵 PDF-XChange (Windows)⭐️ Xodo (Browser)⭐️ PDF24 (Windows)✨ LibreOffice Draw (Windows, Mac, Linux)
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)
Audition
General
✨ Audacity (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ Ocenaudio (Windows)⭐️ (💵 ) DaVinci Fairlight (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Sound Forge (Windows, Mac)⭐️ iZotope RX (Windows, Mac)
DAWs
⭐️ Cakewalk (Windows)✨ Ardour (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ LMMS (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 Reaper (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ (💵 ) Tracktion (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ GarageBand (Mac)⭐️ (💵 ) Pro Tools (Windows, Mac)💵 Logic Pro (Mac, iOS)💵 Ableton Live (Windows, Mac)💵 FL Studio (Windows, Mac, Android)
After Effects
Compositing & FX
✨ Natron (Windows, Mac, Linux)✨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ (💵 ) DaVinci Fusion (Windows, Mac, Linux)⭐️ (💵 ) HitFilm (Windows, Mac, Linux)💵 VEGAS Effects (Windows)