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Alternatives to Light-based

50 Photo & Video apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. J

    Jellyfin

    Launch

    Free, open source media server that lets you collect, manage, and stream your personal library to any device, with no fees, tracking, or vendor lock-in.

    Open source

  2. I

    Immich

    Launch

    Back up, organize, search, and browse your personal photo and video library on your own server, with no third-party cloud access.

    Open sourceSelf-hosted

  3. Photopea

    Launch

    A free, full-featured image editor. Opens PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD, RAW, AI and more.

    Free

  4. remove.bg

    Launch

    Remove the background from any image in 5 seconds, automatically.

  5. F

    Flickr

    Launch

    American image and video hosting website

  6. I

    Instagram

    Launch

    Photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

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LosslessCut

Desktop app for lossless video and audio editing

Launch
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OBS

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

Launch
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O

OpenCut

Browser-based, open source video editor built for privacy

Launch
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Etherpad

Highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time

Launch
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VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player

Launch
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Yt DLP

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

Launch
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MPV Config

High-quality configuration for mpv media player

Launch
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F

Frigate

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI

Launch
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Tox

Distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities

Launch
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Ente

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage

Launch
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Invidious

Open source front-end for YouTube

Launch
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P

PeerTube

Create your own video hosting platform with PeerTube

Launch
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P

Pixelfed

Decentralized social media

Launch
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Screenity

Privacy-friendly screen recorder & video editor

Launch
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S

Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source and simple cross-platform video editor

Launch
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IINA

The modern video player for macOS

Launch
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NewPipe

A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android

Launch
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PhotoPrism

Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow

Launch
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MeTube

Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support

Launch
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Manim

Animation engine for explanatory math videos

Launch
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SRS

A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC

Launch
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Photocraft

An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

Launch
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Dailymotion

Video streaming site

Launch
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D

Docs

Transform document collaboration

Launch
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Fluxer

Free, open-source instant messaging and VoIP platform

Launch
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Kap

Capture, edit, and share your screen with ease

Launch
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kdenlive

Open source video editor. Free and easy to use for any purpose, forever

Launch
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K

Kodi

Plays videos, music, TV shows, photos, and games from a single interface

Launch
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Vevo

The World's Leading Music Video Network

Launch
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Y

YTCH

If Youtube had actual channels

Launch
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O

Owncast

Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server

Launch
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Compositor

Mac-native Photoshop alternative built around compositing

Launch
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C

CryptPad

Open-source collaboration suite offering encrypted document editing

Launch
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Lorem Picsum

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos

Launch
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Odysee

Explore a whole universe of videos on Odysee from regular people just like you!

Launch
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ray.so

Turn your code into beautiful images

Launch
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Spot The Drowning Child

Can you spot the drowning child in this crowded wave pool?

Launch
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Tube Archivist

Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection

Launch
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LibrePhotos

Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs

Launch
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PixelFed

Ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation

Launch
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ImageGlass

A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats

Launch
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Photoview

Simple and user-friendly photo gallery for personal servers

Launch
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SnapOtter

Suite of 200+ web tools for converting and editing images, videos

Launch
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Zoneminder

Closed-circuit television

Launch

About Light-based

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Light-based

We go beyond VFX to craft immersive solutions

Light-based in Vancouver, we deliver world-class film and invisible visual effects to showcase your technology or tell your story. We're here to help.

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