Open source alternatives to Adobe

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Adobe does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Adobe does

  1. Photo editingcore
  2. Graphic and vector designcore
  3. Video editingcore
  4. PDF editing and signing
  5. Page layout
  6. Fonts and stock assets
  7. Cloud file sync across apps

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
Adobe-AlternativesCurated list of free alternatives to Adobe software Same job, different way40%10.0k+34
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NoneToo few For developers None listed
Covers 0 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Photo editing; Graphic and vector design; Video editing; PDF editing and signing; Page layout. Not shown: Fonts and stock assets; Cloud file sync across apps.See the evidence
  • Photo editingcorePartlyPhotoshop
  • Graphic and vector designcorePartlyInkscape *(Windows, macOS, Linux)*
  • Video editingcorePartlyKdenlive *(Windows, macOS, Linux)*
  • PDF editing and signingPartlyAcrobat
  • Page layoutPartlyScribus *(Windows, macOS, Linux)*
  • Fonts and stock assetsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Cloud file sync across appsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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