The Arts
Like this appManuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.
- Note-taking Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Like this appSimple but configurable and themeable, distraction-free text editor for writers. Open-source and available across desktop platforms.
- Text Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
Like this appA cross-platform Markdown editor providing real-time preview, Focus & Typewriter modes, and support for multiple export formats.
- Note-taking Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
Like this appThe key to good writing is not that magical glass of Bordeaux, the right kind of tobacco or that groovy background music. The key is focus. What you need to write well is a spartan setting that allows you to fully concentrate on your text and nothing but your text.
- Note-taking Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appWritemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words.
- Text Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
Like this appPapeair is the easy way to create beautiful ebooks in Mobi or Epub format. Simply upload a Word doc, choose a design, preview and download. Papeair's smart algorithm gives you the quality of professional formatting automatically.
- Ebook Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
Like this appThe RPG Maker software series is a set of game creation suites aimed at easy 2D role playing game creation. With an emphasis on JRPG gameplay mechanics, the suites typically include map, tile and sprite editors, character, encounter and dialog tools, among countless other...
- Game Development Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
Like this appTorque 3D is a easy-to-use game creation platform. Architected from the ground up for maximum flexibility and performance across a wide range of hardware and built upon the Frontline award-winning Torque Game Engine Advanced, Torque 3D comes equipped with a full suite of tools...
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appThe Wick Editor is a free and open-source tool for creating games, animations, and everything in-between. It's designed to be the most accessible tool for creating multimedia projects on the web. Your creations can run on any device with a web browser - that means mobile too.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Like this appThe most powerful game development platform is now available to everyone. Full engine source code. All features. No royalties. No obligations. No license fee.
- Game Development Tool
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
Like this appUnreal Engine is a professional suite of tools and technologies used for building high-quality games across a range of platforms. Unreal Engine’s rendering architecture enables developers to achieve stunning visuals and also scale elegantly to lower-end systems.
- Game Development Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appReal-time 3D engine enabling collaboration to create immersive, interactive experiences on Windows, Mac, and Linux, with extensive platform support.
- Game Development Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appGodot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Flathub
- Haiku
- Steam
- FreeBSD
- Android
- Flatpak
- Epic Games Store
Like this appCreate your own mobile apps & 3D multiplayer games with our super-easy design tools for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and HTML5! Less programming, more playing.
- Game Development Tool
- Freemium • Open Source
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
Like this appENIGMA, the Extensible Non-Interpreted Game Maker Augmentation, is an open source cross-platform game development environment derived from that of the popular software GameMaker Legacy.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Like this appOne framework for creating powerful cross-platform games. The spiritual successor to XNA with 1000's of titles shipped across desktop, mobile, and console platforms. MonoGame is a fully managed .NET open source game framework without any black boxes.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Like this appUrho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Raspberry Pi
Like this appWelcome to the home of GameMaker, the fastest and friendliest cross-platform game development technology out there. GameMaker has been completely redeveloped with usability and efficiency at its core, allowing developers to create games within a single code base and then publish...
- Game Development Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Steam
Like this appGDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events.
- Game Development Tool
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appPixelfed is an image sharing platform with focus on Privacy, Safety and Security, an ethical alternative to centralized platforms like Instagram. Federated, Ad-Free, No algorithms, No 3rd party analytics or tracking. Can run on your own server.
- Social Network
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
Like this appImgur is a free and simple image hosting service with image editing feature. Signup is optional. Imgur is pronounced like image-er; imager.
- Image Hosting Service
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appOnline social photo and short video sharing community. Flickr helps you organize that huge mass of photos you have and offers a way for you, your friends and family to tell stories about them.
- Photo Sharing App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Google Chrome
Like this app500px lets you create stunning professional photo portfolios, find friends, express yourself and connect with likeminded people.
- Photo Sharing App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Like this appWith PicsArt, you can transform your photos into works of art using dynamic creative tools—all with the tip of your finger and all while being discovered by a global community of creatives.
- Image Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
Like this appFor creators, by creators, the VSCO app helps you reach your creative potential within a community that values honest and imaginative expression above all else.
- Photo Sharing App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
- Online
- Windows
Like this appPhotobucket offers image hosting and free photo and video sharing. Images can be organized into albums. Up to 2GB is available as a free starting, the lowest paid plan give 52 GB plus many other plans
- Image Hosting Service
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Like this appGoogle Photos is a photograph and video sharing and storage service by Google. It allows the users to store and share images and videos using the 15 GB free storage space of their Google Account or a Google One subscription.
- Photo Manager
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appProvides free image upload and hosting integration for forums. Free picture hosting and photo sharing for websites and blogs.
- Image Hosting Service
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
Like this appdigiKam is an advanced digital photo management application which makes importing and organizing digital photos a "snap". The photos are organized in albums which can be sorted chronologically, by folder layout or by custom collections.
- Photo Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Qt
Like this appPhotos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto .
- Photo Manager
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Online
- iPhone
- iPad
Like this appShotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment.
- Photo Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Flatpak
- Flathub
Like this appComprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.
- Photo Manager
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appPowerful photo editing and organizing with cloud backup, available on multiple devices including mobile, web, and desktop.
- Photo Manager
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appBridge CC gives you centralized access to all the files and assets you need for your creative projects. Organize personal and team assets, batch edit with ease, add watermarks, set centralized color preferences, and even upload your photos to Adobe Stock.
- Photo Manager
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
Like this appSnapseed is a photo enhancement and sharing app with a powerful suite of imaging filters and tools for anyone, anywhere, to transform any image into an extraordinary photo.
- Image Editor
- Free • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appOnline photo editor, which can work with PSD, XCF and Sketch files (Photoshop, Gimp and Sketch App). Convert between PSD, XCF, JPG, PNG and many other formats.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
Like this appdarktable is a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers: it manages your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable. it also enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
- Raw Photo Editors
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Like this appFrom advanced image filters to professional local adjustments, Polarr Photo Editor is the most versatile and powerful online photo editor in the web.
- Photo Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Like this appAdobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is a desktop photo editing software that offers tools for enhancing and organizing photos. It provides an interface for managing photos and sharing methods. The software focuses on desktop optimization, advanced controls, and one-click tools to...
- Photo Manager
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
Like this appPhotoshop Elements 2024 is photo editing software for anyone who wants to edit and create with their photos. It’s a one-time purchase that doesn’t require a subscription. It offers:
- Image Editor
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
Like this appAdobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics...
- Digital Painting Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- iPad
- Wine
- ReactOS
Like this appPixlr makes it easy to transform everyday images into stunning works of art. Make every moment beautiful with our family of photo editing apps.
- Image Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Windows
- Chrome OS
Like this appComprehensive software suite for graphic design, vector illustration, image editing, page layout, and content browsing for creative professionals.
- Vector Graphic App
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
Like this appFast, smooth vector graphic design software with curve precision, vibrant colors, live gradients, and dynamic drawing tools, ideal for professionals.
- Vector Graphic App
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- iPad
Like this appLinearity Curve is the vector-based design platform that empowers marketing teams to create captivating content together.
- Vector Graphic App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
Like this appVector graphics editor with advanced color controls and creative effects for comprehensive design tools across print, web, and mobile content.
- Vector Graphic App
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- iPad
Like this appImage editing app featuring nondestructive, GPU-powered tools with machine learning enhancements for editing on macOS and iOS platforms.
- Image Editor
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
Like this appAdvanced image manipulation tool offering comprehensive tools for photo retouching, composition, and batch processing in a free package.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
Like this appEdit, share, and upload photos on-the-go, or access your entire online photo library with a finger-flick using Adobe Photoshop Express for iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Image Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
Like this appSketchbook drawing software features an artist-friendly, gesture-based user interface that is so fast and intuitive even new users can be productive within minutes.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
