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)

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)

Motion graphics

• 🔒 Cavalry (Windows, Mac)
• 🔒 Rive (Browser, Windows, Mac)
• 🔒 Jitter (Browser)
• ⭐️ Fable (Browser)
• ✨ Blender (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• ✨ Enve (Windows, Mac, Linux)