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Picmal: Your Mac's media toolkit

Alternatives to Picmal: Your Mac's media toolkit

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

Top picks

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    remove.bg

    Remove image backgrounds, instantly

    4.7Free / Pro

    Launch
  2. 2

    Photopea

    Photoshop, in your browser

    4.6Free

    Launch
  3. 3

    Jellyfin

    The Free Software Media System

    jellyfin.org

    Launch
  4. 4

    Immich

    Back up, organize, search, and browse your personal photo

    immich.app

    Launch
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    Instagram

    Photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

    instagram.com

    Launch
  6. 6

    OBS

    Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

    Freeobsproject.com

    Launch

Why choose an alternative

  • They cost nothing

    4 of these are free. Picmal: Your Mac's media toolkit is paid.

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  • The code is open

    25 of these are open source.

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  • You can host it yourself

    Immich and Docs are built to run on your own server.

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  • Your data stays yours

    4 of these are built around privacy.

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Picmal: Your Mac's media toolkit
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Jellyfin
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Screenity

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Shotcut

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Dailymotion

Video streaming site

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Docs

Transform document collaboration

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Fluxer

Free, open-source instant messaging and VoIP platform

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Kap

Capture, edit, and share your screen with ease

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kdenlive

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

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Kodi

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

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Vevo

The World's Leading Music Video Network

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YTCH

If Youtube had actual channels

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Compositor

Mac-native Photoshop alternative built around compositing

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CryptPad

Open-source collaboration suite offering encrypted document editing

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Lorem Picsum

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos

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Odysee

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

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ray.so

Turn your code into beautiful images

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Spot The Drowning Child

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

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Anthias

Free open-source digital signage software

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BitChute

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Chalk.ist

Turn your source code into beautiful images

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Engine

Engine Stop Motion Teardown Video

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Filmbox Pro

The gold standard for film emulation

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Imgur

Find, rate and share the best memes and images

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Lychee

Free photo management tool that runs on your server

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Memories

Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite

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Niconico

Japanese video website

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Piwigo

Open source photo management software

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RawTherapee

Free, cross-platform raw image processor

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Screenstab

Turn ordinary screenshots into beautiful image assets in no time

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Twitch Roulette

Discover Twitch streamers with little to no viewers and make their day

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Clippingmagic

Remove background from image 100% automatically

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Eggnog

Video experiences

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Photobucket

A private space for your group's photos and videos

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Pimosa

Desktop & iPhone Video, Photo, Audio & PDF Tools

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Switch Lite Boardview

Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite Boardview at 6,000 Pixels Per Inch

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Timelinize

Everything at home

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Video to Flipbook

Create Flipbooks from Any Video

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Wire

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Picmal: Your Mac's media toolkit

Convert, compress, and edit images, video, audio, and PDFs on your Mac

Convert, compress, and edit images, video, audio, and PDFs on your Mac, instead of trusting sketchy websites with them.

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Price
Paid
Category
Photo & Video
Website
picmal.app