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Powerful Open Source Creative Suites
Free, open-source video editing with multi-format timelines, frame accurate seeking, and robust capture support up to 4k for diverse projects.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
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Free cross-platform DAW supporting VST plugins, MIDI, and lossless audio. Offers music loopers and sequencers with privacy, no ads, and offline capability.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
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Free open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with 32-bit float processing. Supports many formats and plugins for Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- AppImageHub
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
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Originally forked from
MusE Sequencer, now becomes one of the most user-friend notation music software.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Haiku
A free, open-source music composition tool for beat-making, loops, and arrangements — built with Web Audio, WASM, and modern web tech.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
Utilities
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Ever tired managing art upload to many various sites? This software (might be) your solution.
Supports various sites, from
X, 
DeviantArt, 
pixiv, 
Bluesky, and so on.
Fediverse instances such as 
Mastodon, 
Misskey, 
Pixelfed, and 
Pleroma also supported.There won't be any support for any Meta platform, including Facebook, Instagram, or Threads. (Require paid API?)
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Browse, preview, and install fonts from Google Fonts with a sleek interface, privacy-first font previews, code for CDN or NPM use, TTF downloads, and easy filtering.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Display calibration and profiling tool.
The latest update of the official version is in 2019. There's maintained community forks on https://github.com/eoyilmaz/displaycal-py3
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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ArtistAssistApp is a web app for artists to accurately mix any color from a photo, analyze tonal values, turn a photo into an outline, draw with the grid method, paint with a limited palette, simplify a photo, compare photos pairwise, and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
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Game Dev
This section will feature general and specialized engine.
Capable professional 2D and 3D game engine. Even Sonic Colors: Ultimate was developed using Godot.
For beginner, this engine doesn't have visual scripting like Construct or
GameMaker, but Godot's GDScript programming script is relatively easy to learn. They remove the visual scripting on previous release, as it needs a better implementation.As in May 2023, Godot regularly becomes the top used game engine on itch.io, surpassing
Unity.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Epic Games Store
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Steam
- FreeBSD
- Flatpak
- itch.io
- Meta Quest
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General 3D engine. Compared to
Godot Engine which only focused on game creation, O3DE has wide support, from robotics, virtualization, and other industry needs.Hosted by Linux Foundation and backed by various company, such as Amazon, Huawei, Oppo, and RedHat.
Wicked Engine is an open-source game engine written in C++. The main focus is to be easy to set up and use, light weight, high performance, and graphically advanced. The full source code is provided with the MIT license, which means, anyone is free to use it for anything without...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Phone
- Xbox
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Phyton-based visual novel creator. Have relatively easy interface that beginner programmer can easily pick it up.
Ren'Py powers a lot of successful visual novel that are ported on various platform, such as Higurashi series, Clannad and PLanetarian (according to
The Visual Novel Database: https://vndb.org/v?f=N18fwRen_7Py-&s=n4w )
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No-code game engine.
While it is free and open source software, the official software release require you to pay €4.99 or €9.99 per month for more feature.
For complete comparison, visit: https://gdevelop.io/pricing
Only use this if you're a complete beginner (learning
Godot Engine is a better long-term investment if you want to scale up your game design.)Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
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Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role-playing games (RPGs). Its primary goal is to enable the creation of RPGs reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s while incorporating modern features such as multiplayer support, procedural content generation, and more.
Creative Coding
PraxisLIVE is an open-source, visual programming environment. Experiment with and create projects using a visual patching system coupled with the power of programming in Java, Processing and GLSL.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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NodeBox is a new software application for creating generative art using procedural graphics and a new way to approach graphic design.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Processing is an open source programming environment and library built to handle images, animation, and interactivity. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning to code, prototyping, and producing full applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Docker
- Windows
Worth mentioning
...but I'm not sure regarding the quality, as the last time I used it was probably more than decade ago or probably never.
TiXL is an open-source solution for creating interactive 3d content and animations. It combines the best aspects of animation, compositing, and coding into a lightweight and intuitive UI. Your designs can be shared as executable or rendered to movies.
Coollab is a node-based software to create generative visuals in real time. It is designed to be very intuitive and easy to use, even for people who have zero notions of programming or math.
GPU-accelerated RAW photo editor with non-destructive workflow, AI-powered masking, advanced color and tonal tools, batch processing, and cross-platform support.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Bring Your 3D Models to Life. Mesh2Motion is a FREE & open-source web application to animate your 3D models. Supports humanoid, four-legged, and bird creatures.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Nijigenerate is an open source editor for the nijilive puppet format, which is derived from Inochi2D (v0.8) technology. This application allows you to rig models for use in games or for other real-time applications such as VTubing.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Portable BSD-licensed image editor for Windows offering multi-layer support, batch processing, extensive filters, macro recording, and broad file compatibility.
Canva alternative (soon).Still in early prototype. Not fully usable for productive usage.
According to the official statement: "Aktivisda meets some of the same needs as the proprietary software Canva but does not aim to be a real alternative to it.
Where Canva offers a wide range of functions and a large gallery of graphic elements, Aktivisda concentrates on the functions and graphic elements that are essential to an organisation."
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
JuiceFX alternative.
Also similar to 
Pixel Composer, but it's not node-based approach and it's not as powerful.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
OSSIA Score is an interactive sequencer for intermedia authoring. It allows to create flexible and interactive scenarios and is especially designed for live performance, art installations, museography or any context requiring a precise and interactive execution of timed events.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Open-source PDF viewer/editor using Qt framework with C++ library, multithreading, hardware rendering, encryption, text layout, and form tools.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
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