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21Listings

16Categories

18Open source

2Freemium

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Photo editing, office suites, video, and more — each listing links to the official site.

3D Modeling1 listing Audio Editing1 listing Code Editors3 listings Communication1 listing Design & Prototyping0 listings Digital Painting1 listing File Compression1 listing Note Taking1 listing Office Suites1 listing PDF Tools2 listings Password Managers2 listings Photo Editing1 listing Trading & Charting1 listing Vector Graphics2 listings Video Editing2 listings Web Browsers1 listing

Main applications

Paid software, with the free alternatives listed under each one.

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1Password

2 alternatives

Bitwarden, KeePassXC

Adobe Acrobat

2 alternatives

Okular, PDF Arranger

Adobe Audition

1 alternative

Audacity

Adobe Illustrator

1 alternative

Inkscape

Adobe InDesign

1 alternative

Scribus

Adobe Lightroom

1 alternative

Darktable

Featured alternatives

Hand-checked listings with official sources.

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Sublime Text

Open source

Alternative to Visual Studio Code

4.7(7.8K)·Code Editors

Windows

Darktable

Open source

Alternative to Adobe Lightroom

4.4(2.1K)·Photo Editing

Windows

Kdenlive

Open source

Alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro

4.4(3.1K)·Video Editing

Windows

Inkscape

Open source

Alternative to Adobe Illustrator

4.5(5.4K)·Vector Graphics

Windows

GIMP

Free

Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

4.7(6.2K)·Digital Painting

Windows

VSCodium

Open source

Alternative to Visual Studio Code

4.6(1.9K)·Code Editors

Windows

TC2000

Open source

Alternative to TradingView

4.2(3.2K)·Trading & Charting

Windows

7-Zip

Open source

Alternative to WinRAR

4.8(9.8K)·File Compression

Windows