Free Adobe Animate Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Adobe Animate for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Wick Editor, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Animate and 16 are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Adobe Animate are OpenToonz, Glaxnimate, enve and Animation Desk.

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  1. Wick Editor icon

    Wick Editor

     80 likes

    The 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.

    100 Wick Editor alternatives

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    • Online
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    Comments about Wick Editor as an Alternative to Adobe Animate
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    8

    Easier to use than Animate. Friendlier scripting API. Always growing. Bug fixes & new features added to GitHub source almost every day. Friendly devs and forum. It can't do everything Animate can (yet!) but give it some time. It sure beats Adobe's monopolistic business practices!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    1

    It does have a lot of cool features, and will do for a lot of people, but it doesn't have things like bone tools and other things like that. (Also i'd way prefer it to be downloadable in my opinion)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -2

    it doesnt even have symbols

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 9 comments
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    • Most users think Wick Editor is a great Adobe Animate alternative.

    • Wick Editor is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Adobe Animate.

    • Wick Editor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Adobe Animate.

    • Wick Editor is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
    • Wick Editor is LightweightAdobe Animate is not according to our users
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    OpenToonz

     126 likes

    OpenToonz is an animation program that is a free software version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli, amongst others.

    43 OpenToonz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    Comments about OpenToonz as an Alternative to Adobe Animate
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    1

    just because it was made by ghibli's studio, and we all know what kind of animation they have

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    -1

    Opentoons has no scripting and cannot be used for the web.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    gaadian6
    Positive
    0

    Not only rivals Adobe Animate but also stands toe-to-toe with industry giants like Toon Boom Harmony and TVPaint. While it may have a steeper learning curve, the robust functionalities more than compensate, making it a top choice for serious animators. Yet for simple animation solutions made by beginners I would advise against

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 8 comments
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    • Most users think OpenToonz is a great Adobe Animate alternative.

    • OpenToonz is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenToonz is Privacy focusedAdobe Animate is not according to our users
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    Glaxnimate

     47 likes

    Glaxnimate is a vector graphics animation program which focuses on being quick and easy to use.

    15 Glaxnimate alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • AppImageHub
    • Debian
    • Arch Linux
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    DerSyd0
    Positive
    1

    It is very simple to use and open source. It also supports more export formats that are not proprietary.

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    • Glaxnimate is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
    • Glaxnimate is Privacy focusedAdobe Animate is not according to our users
  5. enve icon

    enve

     37 likes

    Enve is a free and open-source 2D animation app. It can create both vector and raster animations and even use sound and video files. It has been created with flexibility and expandability in mind.

    56 enve alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  6. Animation Desk icon

    Animation Desk

     180 likes

    Create frame-by-frame animation, sketches, and storyboard projects using multiple painting tools, pressure sensitivity, onion skinning, stamp features, layer support, dynamic backgrounds, and easy export to PDF or animatics for sharing or further creative use.

    90 Animation Desk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Jessica Wade
    Positive
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    Have much more suitable options for novice animators.

    Guest
    Negative
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    maye im too dumb but this is total trash. absolutely "unintuitive" to use. it's hard to safe, start a new sequence, edit things. holy shit

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Animation Desk is a great Adobe Animate alternative.

    • Animation Desk is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Adobe Animate.

    • Animation Desk is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Synfig Studio icon

    Synfig Studio

     135 likes

    Synfig is a free and open-source, industrial-strength, vector-based 2D animation app designed for producing feature-film animations.

    59 Synfig Studio alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
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    Comments about Synfig Studio as an Alternative to Adobe Animate
    Comment summary: Synfig Studio is criticized for its complexity and lack of frame-by-frame animation, which many users expect from Adobe Animate. While some appreciate its open-source nature and features such as bones, others find its timeline and lack of interactivity inadequate compared to Animate. Despite sharing the basic functionality of animation, Synfig is seen as an overcomplicated alternative lacking in user-friendliness and specific Animate features, such as easy web format support.
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    2

    Share the same functionality : Animation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    11

    It does not allow for easy frame by frame animation like adobe flash.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    maurosoft391
    Negative
    0

    too complex, not easy to use. you must be good at art to make good animations

    3 of 11 comments
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    • Some users think Synfig Studio is a great Adobe Animate alternative, some don't.

    • Synfig Studio is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
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    TupiTube

     37 likes

    Tupi is a design and authoring tool for digital artists interested in 2D Animation, fork of the KToon project, offering an interface experience focused on 8-100 years olds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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    Comments about TupiTube as an Alternative to Adobe Animate
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    5

    It has mostly all the essential Flash features for animation and it doesn't cut corners for anything. Its an overall good program to use. I have seen many amazing Flash level animations made with this program and it can still be used for simple low quality animations. It can also be used for teaching students.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Because its easy to use, and simple!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -2

    Has all the same features as Adobe Animation CC (Flash), is VERY beginner friendly and is cross platform!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 7 comments
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    • Some users think TupiTube is a great Adobe Animate alternative, some don't.

    • TupiTube is Free and Open SourceAdobe Animate is Paid and Proprietary
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    Tahoma2D

     17 likes

    Tahoma2D is a powerful program for 2D and stop motion animation. Tahoma 2D is based on OpenToonz.

    25 Tahoma2D alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  11. Kage Studio icon

    Kage Studio

     5 likes

    Kage Studio is a vector-based 2D Animation cross-platform Software that can export animation to HTML5, PNG sequence, Spritesheet, and video (via FFmpeg) as well as static images to PNG and SVG.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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    libavg

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    libavg is a high-level development platform for media-centric applications.

    libavg allows programmers, media artists and designers to quickly develop media applications. It uses python as scripting language, is written in high-speed C++ and uses modern OpenGL for display output.

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  13. Express Animate icon

    Express Animate

     1 like

    Express Animate is free animation software that gives you the ability to animate shapes, text and imported images. You are also able to enhance your movie projects in post-production using key-frame motion animation, masking, dummy objects and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  14. EasyToon icon

    EasyToon

     9 likes

    Easytoon is a program that can create small animated gif friendly, a simple sequence of images giving the illusion of movement. It sounds simple written like that but it is quite complicated to implement, finally brief.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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