alternatives to
Adobe's raster image editor for photo retouching, compositing and digital painting, with layers, masks and adjustment layers. A closed product from Adobe.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphite | Partial | 27k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | pre-4435 | 2026-10-05 |
| Pinta | Partial | 4.1k | MIT | Open source | No | C# | 3.1.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| miniPaint | Partial | 3.5k | Other | Open source | No | JavaScript | v4.14.3 | 2026-04-20 |
| PhotoDemon | Partial | 2.4k | Other | Open source | No | Visual Basic 6.0 | v2025.12 | 2026-08-18 |
| Photoflare | Partial | 470 | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | C++ | v1.7.4 | 2026-10-06 |
5 alternatives
Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine
Nondestructive vector and raster editing with layers and a node graph, in alpha; photo editing and digital painting are still on its roadmap.
Simple GTK Paint Program
Basic painting, editing, layers and effects modelled on Paint.NET, not Photoshop's full feature set.
online image editor
Layers, selections, filters and basic retouching in the browser, with no upload of your images, not Photoshop's full feature set.
A free portable photo editor focused on pro-grade features, high performance, and maximum usability.
Portable Windows editor with layers, adjustments, effects and macros, without Photoshop's full feature set.
Quick, simple but powerful Cross Platform image editor.
Quick image edits, painting, filters and batch processing on Linux and Windows, without layers.