kenneynl/adobe-alternatives

Adobe Alternatives is a community-maintained list of software that can replace Adobe's products. It was originally put together by a designer on social media and has been expanded by contributors on GitHub. The goal is to help people find options when they want to stop paying for Adobe subscriptions or are looking for free tools that do similar work. The list covers 15 Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere, After Effects, Acrobat, and several others. For each Adobe product, the list gives multiple alternatives with notes on what platforms they run on and how they are priced. A simple legend at the top indicates which alternatives are free and open source, which are free of charge but not open source, which require a one-time purchase, which require a subscription, and which offer a free trial. Within each section, free and open-source options appear at the top. The coverage is broad. For Photoshop alone, the list is split into three use cases: general photography editing, digital painting, and pixel art, each with its own set of alternatives. Illustrator alternatives are split into general vector editing and a live trace subcategory. The Substance section covers the Designer, Painter, and Sampler tools separately with distinct alternatives for each. This is a data repository rather than a software project. There is no code to run. The value is entirely in the list itself, which is formatted in Markdown. The README notes that anyone can open issues or pull requests to suggest additions or corrections, or use the data to create a shareable image. The full README is longer than what was shown.