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🎨 Design & Creative Tools

Graphic design, image editing, and vector tools — open source alternatives to Figma, Canva, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

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Alternatives to Figma

Collaborative interface design in the browser.

3 alternatives

Alternatives to Canva

Drag-and-drop graphic design for everyone.

4 alternatives

Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop

Industry-standard raster image editor.

2 alternatives

Alternatives to Sketch

Mac-first interface design tool.

3 alternatives
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Open source projects in this category

Penpot

Open source Figma alternative for design-dev collaboration.

License: MPL-2.0 Self-host: ★★★☆☆

Excalidraw

Virtual whiteboard for sketchy diagrams.

License: MIT Self-host: ★☆☆☆☆

GIMP

Long-running open source raster image editor.

License: GPL-3.0 Self-host: ★☆☆☆☆

Krita

Open source digital painting and illustration.

License: GPL-3.0 Self-host: ★☆☆☆☆

Inkscape

Open source vector design — SVG-first.

License: GPL-3.0 Self-host: ★☆☆☆☆

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Privacy-friendly web and product analytics — open source alternatives to Google Analytics, Mixpanel, and Amplitude.

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