Adobe Animate

Adobe's 2D animation software for vector and frame-by-frame animation, published to video, HTML5 Canvas and other formats. A closed product from Adobe.

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2 open source alternatives to Adobe Animate
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Synfig	Partial	2.3k	GPL-3.0	Open source	No	C++	v1.5.5	2026-10-03
Pencil2D	Partial	1.8k	GPL-2.0	Open source	No	C++	v0.7.2	2026-10-05

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2 alternatives

Synfig Partial

This is the Official source code repository of Synfig Studio animation software

Vector and bitmap animation with automatic tweening and bones, rendered to video and image sequences.

Language: C++
Licence: GPL-3.0
Stars: 2.3k
Latest: v1.5.5
Last push: 2026-10-03

Pencil2D Partial

Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations. Pencil2D is open source and cross-platform.

Frame-by-frame raster and vector drawing with onion skinning, without tweening or rigging.

Language: C++
Licence: GPL-2.0
Stars: 1.8k
Latest: v0.7.2
Last push: 2026-10-05

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