De-Adobe your life
A curated list of open-source and independent alternatives to Adobe's Creative Cloud lineup, so you can edit photos, design graphics, cut video, and manage PDFs without the subscription lock-in.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
KillerPDF
KillerPDF is a lightweight, fully portable PDF editor for Windows. Edit, merge, annotate, and sign PDFs locally with no subscription, accounts, or hidden telemetry anywhere on your computer.
Adobe Acrobat
Sioyek
Cross-platform PDF viewer focused on textbooks and research papers with smart navigation, marks, bookmarks, and bibliography jumping.
Adobe Acrobat
Koodo Reader
Cross-platform ebook reader supporting PDF, EPUB, MOBI, comics and more, with sync across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Web.
Adobe Acrobat
Pympress
Lightweight GTK PDF presenter for dual-screen setups, showing current slide, next slide, and presenter notes on separate displays.
Adobe Acrobat
PdfDing
Self-hosted PDF manager, viewer, and editor with multi-device sync, tagging, and an in-browser reader; deployable via Docker.
Adobe Acrobat
SumatraPDF
Lightweight, free PDF, eBook, and comic reader for Windows that launches instantly and stays out of the way; multi-format support with minimal interface.
Adobe Acrobat
PdfCraft
Open-source PDF workbench in pure Rust — read, organize, combine, split, comment and secure PDFs.
Adobe Acrobat
word-sys PDF Editor
A free, open-source PDF editor for Linux that lets you edit text, images and objects, merge documents, and export to DOCX, PPTX and more.
Adobe Acrobat
DartPDF
A free, local PDF editor for mobile, desktop, and web. Annotate, fill forms, sign, and redact with no account or uploads.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader
KillerPDF
KillerPDF is a lightweight, fully portable PDF editor for Windows. Edit, merge, annotate, and sign PDFs locally with no subscription, accounts, or hidden telemetry anywhere on your computer.
Adobe Acrobat
PdfCraft
Open-source PDF workbench in pure Rust — read, organize, combine, split, comment and secure PDFs.
Adobe Acrobat
word-sys PDF Editor
A free, open-source PDF editor for Linux that lets you edit text, images and objects, merge documents, and export to DOCX, PPTX and more.
Adobe Acrobat
DartPDF
A free, local PDF editor for mobile, desktop, and web. Annotate, fill forms, sign, and redact with no account or uploads.
Adobe Acrobat
EmbedPDF
A PDF viewer that seamlessly integrates with any JavaScript project
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Analytics

Open Web Analytics
Self-hosted web analytics platform for tracking website traffic without compromising user privacy.
PostHog
Open-source product analytics with session recording, feature flags, and A/B testing — self-hostable. Replaces Google Analytics, Mixpanel, and Amplitude.

Matomo
Open-source web analytics platform with SEO keyword and search performance reporting.

Swetrix
Privacy-first, cookie-less web analytics with speed monitoring and error tracking.

Umami
Privacy-first web and product analytics with traffic, funnels, retention, journeys and revenue, all without cookies.
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Express
Adobe ExpressAdobe Illustrator

Inkscape
Free, open source vector graphics editor for illustrations, logos, icons, and technical drawings — a strong alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

VectorCraft
Open-source, clean-room take on the Adobe Illustrator workflow, built in pure Rust for desktop and web.
Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom
Darktable
Open source photography workflow application and raw developer for organizing, editing, and exporting large photo libraries.
Adobe Lightroom
RawTherapee
Powerful, cross-platform open source raw photo processing program and a strong alternative to Adobe Lightroom.
Adobe Lightroom
LightCraft
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in Rust — photo library and raw development, local-first.
Adobe Lightroom
Tropy
Desktop app for organising, describing and annotating photographs of archival research material.
Adobe Lightroom
TagStudio
Tag and organize photos and files in place, with a tag library stored next to your folders instead of a proprietary catalog.
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
SnapOtter
Self-hosted image manipulation platform with 45+ tools, local AI, and pipelines. A privacy-first open source alternative to Canva, TinyPNG, and remove.bg.
Adobe Photoshop
miniPaint
Online image editor with layers, filters, and effects that runs entirely in the browser. An open source Photoshop alternative with no ads or account required.
Adobe Photoshop
PixiEditor
PixiEditor is a universal open-source 2D editor for pixel art, painting, vector graphics, and animation. Powerful tools wrapped in a modern, friendly interface for every creator.
Adobe Photoshop
Krita
Free, open source digital painting and illustration application that is a popular alternative to Photoshop and Procreate.
Adobe Photoshop
GIMP
GNU Image Manipulation Program — the venerable free, open source image editor and Adobe Photoshop alternative.
Adobe Photoshop
Compositor
Compositor is a free, open-source Photoshop-style image editor built in Swift, native to macOS.
Adobe PhotoshopPhotoSuite
A free, open-source desktop image editor that replicates the Photoshop interface with 1:1 native PSD/PSB file compatibility.
Adobe Photoshop
PhotoCraft
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust — layers, masks, adjustments and real PSD files.
Adobe Photoshop
PeerBrush
Open-source desktop image editor where you and MCP-connected AI agents edit the same layered PSD project side by side.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro
Shotcut
Cross-platform open-source video editor built on the MLT framework with a wide format support and no import required.
Adobe Premiere ProFableCut
A browser-based video editor built for humans and AI agents. Edit with a drag-and-drop UI, a JSON timeline, MCP tools, or its REST API.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Olive
Free open-source non-linear video editor with hardware-accelerated compositing and cross-platform support.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Kdenlive
Free and open source multi-track video editor built on MLT Framework and KDE technologies.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Open Video Craft
Open-source, local-first screen recorder and timeline video editor for macOS and Windows with AI subtitle generation.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Drift
Free, open-source desktop video editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS built with Qt 6 and FFmpeg.
Adobe Premiere Pro
OpenShot Video Editor
OpenShot is a free, open-source video editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows with unlimited tracks, keyframe animation, and 3D titles.
Adobe Premiere ProLosslessCut
Cross-platform FFmpeg GUI for lossless video and audio cutting, merging and remuxing — no re-encoding, no quality loss.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Chop Chop Splitter
Frame-accurate video cutter and splitter for Ubuntu and Windows that re-encodes only a few frames per cut.
Adobe Premiere Pro
FilmCraft
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere Pro in Rust — editing, colour, captions and export.
Adobe Premiere ProAdobe XD

Penpot
Open-source design and prototyping platform with native design tokens, real CSS layouts and self-hosting — a strong Figma alternative.

open-pencil
AI-native design editor with real-time collaboration, component system, and Figma-compatible file format.
Frame.io
Frame.io


