# Free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop

> Adobe Photoshop (Photoshop (standalone)) costs $275.88 a year. Free alternatives: GIMP and Krita. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/adobe-photoshop/
- Category: Design (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/design/)
- Vendor: Adobe
- Plan: Photoshop (standalone)
- Price: $22.99/month, $275.88/year
- Billing: annual plan, billed monthly
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "standalone app for US$ 22.99/mo for the annual billed monthly plan"
- Price source: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/plans.html (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### GIMP

- Website: https://www.gimp.org
- Repository: https://github.com/GNOME/gimp (6,511 stars, last push 2026-10-14)
- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: Arch extra: gimp
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `sudo pacman -S gimp`
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/gimp/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Krita

- Website: https://krita.org
- Repository: https://github.com/KDE/krita (10,528 stars, last push 2026-10-12)
- License: GPL-3.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: Arch extra: krita; Flathub: org.kde.krita
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `sudo pacman -S krita`, `flatpak install flathub org.kde.krita`
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/krita/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop?

Yes. The 2 free alternatives are GIMP (open source, GPL-3.0-or-later) and Krita (open source, GPL-3.0).

### How much does Adobe Photoshop cost?

Adobe Photoshop's Photoshop (standalone) plan costs $22.99 a month, which is $275.88 a year (annual plan, billed monthly). Source: the official pricing page at adobe.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which Adobe Photoshop alternatives run on Linux?

GIMP (Arch extra: gimp) and Krita (Arch extra: krita; Flathub: org.kde.krita).

### Can you self-host a Adobe Photoshop alternative?

GIMP and Krita are desktop apps that run on your own machine, so there's nothing to host.

### Are these Adobe Photoshop alternatives open source?

Yes. All 2 use OSI-approved open-source licenses: GIMP (GPL-3.0-or-later) and Krita (GPL-3.0).

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