Open-source design & graphics
Replacing: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Canva
| Project | What it is | Stars | Last release | Replaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excalidraw Active MIT | Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams. | 135k | Apr 21, 2026 | Figma, Miro |
| Penpot Active MPL-2.0 | Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration. | 61.8k | Oct 29, 2026 | Figma, Canva |
| Graphite Active Apache-2.0 | Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine. | 27.8k | Jul 31, 2026 | Adobe Photoshop, Canva |
| Krita Active GPL-3.0 | Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks. | 10.7k | Oct 1, 2026 | Adobe Photoshop, Canva |
| draw.io Active Apache-2.0 | Draw.io is a JavaScript, client-side editor for general diagramming. | 9.1k | Oct 23, 2026 | Figma, Miro |
| GIMP Active Mixed or custom | GIMP, the long-running free image editor for photo retouching, image composition and graphic design. This GitHub repo is a read-only mirror of the official GNOME GitLab. | 6.6k | Sep 10, 2026 | Adobe Photoshop, Canva |
| Pinta Active MIT | Simple GTK Paint Program. | 4.1k | Apr 2, 2026 | Adobe Photoshop |
| Scribus Active Mixed or custom | A desktop publishing app for laying out brochures, flyers, newsletters and print-ready PDFs. This GitHub repo is a community mirror of the official Scribus source. | 646 | Apr 13, 2026 | Canva |