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Alternatives to Microsoft Designer

50 Design apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. Canva

    Launch

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

    Free

  2. Excalidraw

    Launch

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

    Free

  3. Figma

    Launch

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

    Free

  4. tldraw

    Launch

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

    Free

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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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    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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Linkedin

LinkedIn Brand Resources

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Penpot

Penpot is an Open Source design and prototyping platform for product teams

Launch
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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

Launch
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Helix

A post-modern modal text editor

Launch
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Transmission

Fast, easy, free BitTorrent Client

Launch
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DB Browser for SQLite

Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite

Launch
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Tauri

Create small, fast, secure

Launch
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Storybook

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

Launch
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Ghostty

Experience blazing-fast terminal performance

Launch
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Vimeo

Vimeo trademarks, including logos, icons

Launch
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Mealie

Material design inspired recipe manager

Launch
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D3

Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML

Launch
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JetBrains Toolbox App

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

Launch
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Anime

JavaScript animation engine

Launch
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React Three Fiber

Declarative React renderer for Three.js scenes

Launch
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Drawio Desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

Launch
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qutebrowser

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

Launch
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Homebridge Config UI X

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

Launch
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GIMP

A free & open-source imaging and graphic design software

Launch
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Krita

Digital Painting. Creative Freedom

Launch
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Plasmic

Build powerful apps fast— without the limits

Launch
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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

Launch
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Diagrams

Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

Launch
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TeXstudio

Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents

Launch
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Cap

Beautiful, shareable screen recordings

Launch
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Cohesive Colors

A tool to create cohesive color schemes

Launch
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Inkscape

A free and open-source vector graphics editor

Launch
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IRA Design

Build your own amazing illustrations @ Creative Tim

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Isometric NYC

Giant isometric pixel art map of NYC

Launch
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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

Online Mockup, Wireframe & UI Prototyping Tool

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Pikimov

Pikimov is a free web motion design editor

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Quant Ux

Prototype, Test and Learn

Launch
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Sorted colors

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

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Unsplash

Collection of free images

Launch
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CotEditor

Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS

Launch
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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

Launch
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Blockbench

A low poly 3D model editor

Launch
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augmented-ui

Integrate your apps with technology

Launch
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Bastardica

A type foundry for bastard web fonts

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bennettfeely.com/clippy

Clip path generator

Launch

About Microsoft Designer

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Microsoft Designer

Microsoft Designer simplifies graphic creation for digital content

Microsoft Designer is an AI-powered graphic design tool that generates professional-quality visuals from text prompts. Integrated with Microsoft 365 and accessible as a free web and mobile app, it uses DALL-E for image creation and offers templates, editing tools, and collaboration features for creating social media posts, presentations, and marketing materials.

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