Adobe

Adobe Firefly

Generative AI metered in 'credits', then upsold on top of a Creative Cloud plan you already pay for.

  • Forced subscriptionYou rent it. Stop paying and you lose it.
  • Paywalled basicsCore features held hostage behind a paid tier.

The exit

  1. ArtCraft

    by ArtCraft

    An open-source studio for AI image and video with real control: 3D compositing, character posing, image-to-3D. Pick the models you want, with no middleman.

    Status
    Beta Usable today, still maturing.
    License
    Apache-2.0
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Adobe
  • Subscription
  • Lock-in

Adobe InDesign

The publishing industry's toll booth. Your layouts are hostage to a proprietary format.

  1. DesignCraftAlphaApache-2.0

    Page layout and publishing with threaded text frames, rebuilt in Rust.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  2. ScribusStableGPL-2.0+

    Professional desktop publishing with CMYK, spot colors and PDF/X output.

    Site ↗Source ↗
Adobe
  • Subscription
  • Lock-in
  • Betrayal

Adobe Photoshop

Subscription-only since 2013. The FTC sued Adobe in 2024 over hidden early-termination fees, the same year its new terms let it access your work.

  1. PhotoCraftAlphaApache-2.0

    A clean-room Photoshop rebuilt in Rust. Same menus, same shortcuts, opens layered PSDs.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  2. GIMPStableGPL-3.0

    The veteran open image editor. GIMP 3 brought non-destructive filters.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  3. KritaStableGPL-3.0

    Best-in-class digital painting, built by artists.

    Site ↗Source ↗
Figma
  • Subscription
  • Lock-in
  • Account wall

Figma

Cloud-only files on someone else's servers, and seat pricing that keeps getting reshuffled.

  1. FigCraftAlphaApache-2.0

    Interface design and prototyping with auto layout and variables, in native Rust.

    Site ↗Source ↗
  2. PenpotStableMPL-2.0

    Open-standards design and prototyping. Self-host it or use the free cloud.

    Site ↗Source ↗