# Open-source alternatives for Photo, design and video editing

> Open-source replacements for Adobe Creative Cloud apps, from photo editing and vector design to video, layout and PDFs.

## Paid products
- [Open-source alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud](https://repoquarry.dev/alternatives/adobe-creative-cloud.md): Paid subscription suite of Adobe desktop apps for photo, vector, raw photo, video, motion graphics, page layout and PDF work. Pricing: See pricing page.

## Top ranked projects
1. [Stirling PDF](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/stirling-pdf.md): Open-core PDF platform with 50+ tools (edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR) as a desktop app, browser UI or self-hosted server. Commercial use: Partial.
2. [PhotoCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/photocraft.md): Clean-room, Photoshop-style image editor written in Rust, with layers, masks, adjustment layers and PSD support. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
3. [darktable](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/darktable.md): Photography workflow app and non-destructive raw developer with a lighttable library and darkroom editing. Commercial use: Partial.
4. [Graphite](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/graphite.md): Node-based, nondestructive vector and raster graphics editor written in Rust, available in alpha as an offline-capable web app. Commercial use: Confirmed.
5. [PdfCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/pdfcraft.md): Clean-room, Acrobat-style PDF reader and editor written in Rust, for viewing, organizing, commenting, forms, signing and redaction. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
6. [FilmCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/filmcraft.md): Clean-room, Premiere Pro-style non-linear video editor written in Rust, with colour, audio, titles and captions. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
7. [LightCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/lightcraft.md): Clean-room, Lightroom-style photo library and non-destructive raw developer written in Rust. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
8. [VectorCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/vectorcraft.md): Clean-room, Illustrator-style vector illustration app written in Rust, with SVG, PDF and .ai (PDF-compatible) files. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
9. [EffectCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/effectcraft.md): Clean-room, After Effects-style motion graphics and compositing tool written in Rust, with keyframes, effects, expressions and 3D. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
10. [GIMP](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/gimp.md): Long-running free raster image editor (GNU Image Manipulation Program) for photo retouching, compositing and image authoring. Commercial use: Partial.
11. [Kdenlive](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/kdenlive.md): KDE's free non-linear video editor built on the MLT framework, for Windows, macOS and Linux. Commercial use: Partial.
12. [DesignCraft](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/designcraft.md): Clean-room, InDesign-style page layout and publishing editor written in Rust, with threaded text frames and styles. Part of the ArtCraft suite. Commercial use: Confirmed.
13. [Scribus](https://repoquarry.dev/projects/scribus.md): Long-running open-source desktop publishing app for page layout, with complex-script text and print-ready PDF output. Commercial use: Partial.
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