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The best free Photoshop alternatives
We opened the same 20 Photoshop files in Photopea, GIMP, Krita and Pixlr and compared every one with Photoshop's own image. Photopea wins on tools and PSD files, Krita is the best free desktop app, and Affinity is the most complete if you don't need Linux.
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Photopea
8.9
8 tools scored
Nov 4, 2026