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Open source alternatives to Design Spotlight

50 open source Design apps to use instead, best rated first.

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    Motrix

    Launch

    Motrix is a full-featured download manager that support downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc. Motrix has a clean and easy to use interface. I hope you will like it . ## Features - Simple and clear user interface - Support BitTorre

    FreeOpen source

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    Graphite

    Launch

    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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    Penpot

    Launch

    Penpot is a free, open-source design tool that runs in your browser and supports real-time collaboration. It uses open web standards like SVG, CSS, and HTML, making designs easy to export and integrate with development workflows. Features i

    Open source

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    qBittorrent

    Launch

    qBittorrent is a full featured FOSS alternative to uTorrent. With a lightweight, Qt based client, built in search engine, built in Bittorrent extensions, and advanced network management tools, qBittorrent is the best client available. Bug t

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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    Helix

    Launch

    Helix is a terminal-based modal text editor inspired by Vim and Kakoune, built for modern development workflows. Features: * Vim-like modal editing with a selection-first, action-second model borrowed from Kakoune * Multiple cursors and sel

    FreeOpen source

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    Transmission

    Launch

    Transmission - A Fast, Easy and Free Bittorrent Client For macOS, Windows and Linux Transmission is designed for easy, powerful use. We've set the defaults to just work and it only takes a few clicks to configure advanced features like watc

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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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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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

Digital Painting. Creative Freedom

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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

Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents

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Cap

Beautiful, shareable screen recordings

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Inkscape

A free and open-source vector graphics editor

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Quant Ux

Prototype, Test and Learn

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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

Integrate your apps with technology

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Slint

Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit

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P5.js

p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers…

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FreeCAD

Free and open-source 3D parametric modeler

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eza

A modern alternative to ls

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Pixelorama

Create sprites, tiles, and animations effortlessly

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Rawgraphs App

A web interface to create custom vector-based visualizations on top of…

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Visx

Visualization components

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Lively

Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop…

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google-webfonts-helper

Hassle-Free Way to Self-Host Google Fonts

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MangoDisk

Free, open-source disk cleaner and space analyzer

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Firefox

A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla

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Tad

Application for viewing and analyzing tabular data such as CSV files

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Apexcharts.js

Interactive JavaScript Charts built on SVG

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Linear Mouse

Full control of mouse

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coolLabs Fonts

A privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google Fonts

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hue.tools

A free color mixer, blender, info and modifier tool

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Formatjs

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