Create without Adobe (free n' paid) 2025

Darlene Sonalder
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  2. Moho icon

    Moho

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    More for big studios

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Moho screenshot 1
    Moho screenshot 1
    Moho screenshot 2
  5. Wick Editor icon

    Wick Editor

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    A really good free and open source Animation and Interaction tool to create animation and things like small video games or some interactive assets for a website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Wick Editor's Banner
    A picture of the editor with a demo!
    The front page of www.wickeditor.com
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    The About page and a design image for a new editor layout.

  7. Replacing Audition

  8. DaVinci Resolve Fairlight icon

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight

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    I said that DaVinci Resolve was a complete video editing software with awesome features ? Fairlight is one of them it's a built in audio mixing tool and it is more advanced that the one in Premiere Pro.

    Worth mentioning WavePad icon WavePad and Ocenaudio icon Ocenaudio

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 1
    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 1
    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 2
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    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 3
  11. AudioMass icon

    AudioMass

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    A simple open source audio-recorder and editor in your browser

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    AudioMass screenshot 1
    AudioMass screenshot 1
    AudioMass screenshot 2
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    AudioMass screenshot 3

  12. DAW Digital Audio Workstation

  21. Replacing Adobe Xd

    This one is easy

  22. Figma icon

    Figma

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    Figma is in my opinion the more polished and feature rich UI design tool.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    ,
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    Figma screenshot 2
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    Figma screenshot 3
  23. Penpot icon

    Penpot

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    Penpot is the first Open Source design and prototyping platform meant for cross-domain teams. Non dependent on operating systems, Penpot is web based and works with open web standards (SVG). For all and empowered by the community.

    Worth mentioning : Wireflow icon Wireflow Quant-UX icon Quant-UX

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Powerful interaction design tool for designers and developers.
    Penpot expresses designs as code. The final product reflects the designers' initial vision.
    Penpot is the first tool to integrate native design tokens. Scale your design systems easily with Penpot Design Tokens.
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    Manage Components and Variants states, styles, and sizes in a simple, developer-friendly way—making your design system cleaner and easier to scale.
  24. Sketch icon

    Sketch

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    The king before Adobe Xd enter the market, Sketch was the most used UI design tool. On mac you can also check Principle icon Principle that helps you easily create animated interactive UI !

    For Windows 10 icon Windows 10 users check Lunacy icon Lunacy it's free :)

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    App icon design
    Working with colors
    Promo page
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    Illustrating in Sketch
  25. Creatie icon

    Creatie

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    A new kid in town, I haven't tested it yet but looks promising

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Creatie Thumbnail
    Creatie Design Auditor
    Creatie Image Enhancer
    +1
    Creatie Wizard

  26. Replacing Dreamweaver and Brackets

    I still don't understand why people are using Dreamweaver...

  27. VSCodium icon

    VSCodium

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    VS Code without Microsoft spying on you

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    VSCodium screenshot 1
  28. Visual Studio Code icon

    Visual Studio Code

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    Microsoft Visual Studio Code or just VS Code is a really nice free and open source coding environement. With a lot of great extensions to install. If you're not against using a Microsoft tool give it a try.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 2
    +2
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 3
  29. Zed Editor icon

    Zed Editor

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    A new promising IDE

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Zed Editor screenshot 1
    Zed Editor screenshot 1
    Zed Editor screenshot 2

  30. Replacing Substance

  31. Quixel Mixer icon

    Quixel Mixer

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    A well known alternative

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Quixel Mixer screenshot 1
    Quixel Mixer screenshot 1
    Quixel Mixer screenshot 2
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    Quixel Mixer screenshot 3
  32. Material Maker icon

    Material Maker

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    The FOSS option

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Godot Engine
    • itch.io
    • Chocolatey
    Material Maker screenshot 1
    Material Maker screenshot 1
    Material Maker screenshot 2
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    Material Maker screenshot 3

  33. Replacing Acrobat

  35. PDFgear icon

    PDFgear

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    A free to use alternative with decent features and great interface

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    PDFgear screenshot 1
    Edit PDF
    Annotate PDF
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    Convert PDF
  36. PDF24 Tools icon

    PDF24 Tools

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    A free to use alternative with tons of feature

    Worth mentioning : Stirling-PDF icon Stirling-PDF Freemium and Open Source

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Overview of all tools (July 2019)
    PDF Editor file selection window
  37. PDFsam icon

    PDFsam

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    A foss solution

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    PDFsam screenshot 1
    PDFsam screenshot 1
    PDFsam screenshot 2
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    PDFsam screenshot 3
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And that's it my list of Adobe free creating tools. Hope you find something interesting. Please like and share ^^ Also comment the one that you use !

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