Open source alternatives to Adobe Photoshop

4 open source projects replace Adobe Photoshop, ranked by how safe each is to depend on.

100 · Healthy

Raster image editor for photo retouching, compositing and graphic design, with layers, masks and plug-ins.

GPL-3.0-or-later★ 6.5kLast commit today

96 · Healthy

Digital painting and image editing app with brushes, layers, animation and color management.

GPL-3.0★ 11kLast commit today

83 · Healthy

Photoshop-style desktop image editor written in Rust, with layers, masks, adjustment layers and native PSD files.

Free to useMIT OR Apache-2.0★ 25kLast commit today

64 · Stable

Node-based 2D editor for vector and raster graphics, procedural design and motion graphics.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 28kLast commit today

83 · Healthy

64 · Stable

At a glance

Health and license are separate verdicts: a project can be well maintained and still not be open source.

Project	Health	License	Stars	Last commit
GIMP	100 · Healthy	Free, share changesGPL-3.0-or-later	6.5k	today
Krita	96 · Healthy	Free, share changesGPL-3.0	11k	today
PhotoCraft	83 · Healthy	Free to useMIT OR Apache-2.0	25k	today
Graphite	64 · Stable	Free to useApache-2.0	28k	today

Adobe Photoshop is a paid design & image editing product. See all open source design & image editing tools, ranked the same way.

Scores last refreshed from GitHub on 9 October 2026. How we score.