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Alternatives to CoLab

50 Design apps to use instead, best rated first.

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  1. Canva

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    Create stunning designs, presentations, social posts, and videos — no design background needed.

    Free

  2. Excalidraw

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    Virtual whiteboard for sketching diagrams that feel hand-drawn. Open-source, end-to-end encrypted rooms.

    Free

  3. Figma

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    Figma is the collaborative interface design tool that brings your whole team into the design process. Browser-native, real-time, multiplayer.

    Free

  4. tldraw

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    An infinite collaborative canvas with delightful tools and an open SDK.

    Free

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    Graphite

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    Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG.

    FreeOpen source

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    Lens Studio

    Launch

    Create a Snapchat Lens with AI chat on Easy Lens. Unlock your creativity with whatever wild idea hits you first. Easy Lens by Snap Inc.

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Penpot

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qBittorrent

A project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent

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Motrix

Download manager for HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, magnet links, and more

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Helix

A post-modern modal text editor

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Transmission

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DB Browser for SQLite

Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite

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Tauri

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Storybook

An open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue

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Ghostty

Experience blazing-fast terminal performance

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Vimeo

Vimeo trademarks, including logos, icons

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Mealie

Material design inspired recipe manager

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D3

Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML

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JetBrains Toolbox App

Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects

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Anime

JavaScript animation engine

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React Three Fiber

Declarative React renderer for Three.js scenes

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Drawio Desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

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qutebrowser

A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt

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Homebridge Config UI X

The Homebridge UI. Monitor, configure and backup Homebridge from a browser

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GIMP

A free & open-source imaging and graphic design software

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Krita

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Plasmic

Build powerful apps fast— without the limits

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Webstudio

Advanced Open Source Website Builder

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Uno

Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop

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Diagrams

Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

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TeXstudio

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Cap

Beautiful, shareable screen recordings

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Cohesive Colors

A tool to create cohesive color schemes

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Inkscape

A free and open-source vector graphics editor

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IRA Design

Build your own amazing illustrations @ Creative Tim

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Isometric NYC

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Logo Rank

Upload your logo to see how it rates on a number of objective measures

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Moqups

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Pikimov

Pikimov is a free web motion design editor

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Quant Ux

Prototype, Test and Learn

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Sorted colors

Sorted named CSS colors in a way that it shows related colors together

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Unsplash

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CotEditor

Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS

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Ionicons

Beautifully crafted open source icons for use in web, iOS, Android

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LibreCAD

LibreCAD is a cross-platform 2D CAD program

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Blockbench

A low poly 3D model editor

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augmented-ui

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Bastardica

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bennettfeely.com/clippy

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About CoLab

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CoLab

CoLab enables engineering teams to collaborate on 3D models

CoLab is on a mission to accelerate the pace of innovation by helping engineering teams deliver better products faster. CoLab’s Design Engagement System (DES) enables engineering teams to have more effective design conversations, design reviews and ultimately make better engineering decisions. CoLab launched AutoReview in 2025 - an AI peer checker that marks up 2D and 3D files.

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