Free. Libre. Open Source.
Professional, feature rich, stable software that is 100% free for personal and commercial use. These programs have been developed by hundreds of talented designers, programmers, and developers from all over the world, and continue to be actively developed and improved. The code for these programs has been made freely available for anyone and everyone to use and modify, with very open and transparent licenses that give you, the end user much more freedom than you get when using paid/closed/proprietary software.
Krita
Digital painting and illustration.
Built-in animation tools.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Gimp
Image/photo editing and compositing.
Similar to Adobe Photoshop.
Inkscape
Digital illustration and vector graphics.
Similar to Adobe Illustrator.
Kdenlive
Easy to use, full featured, video editing.
Supports all major file types.
Shotcut
Full featured video editing and effects.
Supports all major file types.
Davinci Resolve
Video editing, color correcting,
compositing. Similar to Adobe Premiere.
Ardour
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for music creation, mixing, mastering.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Audacity
Audio recording, editing, mixing, special effects, multi-track.
LMMS
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for composing with synthesizers and VSTs
Darktable
Edit and organize photos, including RAW. Similar to Adobe Lightroom.
Scribus
Desktop publishing and page design for printed media like books, magazines, newspapers.
Blender
Create 3D art, objects, scenes, Supports 3D printing, animation, compositing, game dev.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Natron
Visual effects, cinematics, animation, composting. Similar to Adobe After Effects.
Opentoonz
Draw and animate characters/scenes.
Similar to Adobe Animate.
Handbrake
Trans-code and resize video for any device. Supports DVD and Blu-ray copy.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Sweet Home 3D
Draft 2D/3D floor plans with photo realistic rendering and virtual visits.
OBS
Screen capture and live video streaming for YouTube, Facebook, gaming, etc.
Nextcloud
Access your files from anywhere with your own, private cloud.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Dia
Create diagrams and flow charts.
Tutorial Coming Soon…
Aegisub
Create, edit, translate, time video subtitles & karaoke lyrics.
OpenShot
Full featured video editing and effects.
Supports all major file types.
Pencil 2D
2D animation creation.
Sozi
2D vector animation and presentation software.
Olive
Full featured video editing and effects.
Mixxx
Live DJ music creation.
Tutorials Coming Soon…
Enve
2D animation creation.
Piskel
Pixel art and animation.