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86 tools found for “design”

Glyphr Studio

Design & creative

Glyphr Studio is a browser-based font editor aimed at hobbyists and beginning type designers. It combines accessible vector drawing with reusable glyph components and export tools for turning lettering ideas into usable fonts.

Free & open source
Free browser application; users manage their own project files and rights to imported fonts.

Font Manager

Design & creative

Font Manager helps Linux desktop users inspect and organize typefaces without editing font configuration by hand. It provides a graphical approach to comparing fonts and controlling the collection available to other applications.

Free & open source
Free GPL application for Linux/GTK desktops; font files retain their own licenses.

Synfig Studio

Design & creative

Synfig Studio creates two-dimensional animation from vector and bitmap artwork. Its interpolation tools help animators build movement between key states, making it useful for motion graphics and cutout-style scenes.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

OpenToonz

Design & creative

OpenToonz is a two-dimensional animation production application with drawing, timing and compositing tools. It supports workflows built around scanned artwork or digital drawing, including longer scenes that need structured production control.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Pencil2D

Design & creative

Pencil2D is a lightweight application for drawing two-dimensional animation with raster and vector tools. It suits animation practice and short sequences where a clear frame-based workflow is more important than extensive production machinery.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

TupiTube

Design & creative

TupiTube Desk is a two-dimensional animation application designed to make drawing and motion accessible to children and teenagers. Its desktop workspace supports creating short animated projects and sharing the resulting work.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Glaxnimate

Design & creative

Glaxnimate is a vector animation and motion design application for creating compact animated graphics. It supports formats used on websites and interfaces, alongside common animated image outputs for simpler sharing.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Graphite

Design & creative

Graphite is an evolving browser graphics editor that combines vector drawing with procedural node-based design. It is useful for experimenting with reusable visual systems and adjustments that remain editable throughout a composition.

Free & open source
Free open-source browser editor in alpha; desktop release candidates are separate testing builds.

SVG-Edit

Design & creative

SVG-Edit is an open-source browser editor for scalable vector graphics. It offers a practical way to create and adjust SVG artwork, especially when the file format itself matters to a web workflow.

Free & open source
MIT-licensed editor; self-deployment and any integration work are your responsibility.

Pixelorama

Design & creative

Pixelorama is a pixel art application for creating sprites, tiles and animation. It combines drawing tools with frame-based editing and export options that help artists prepare assets for games or small animated graphics.

Free & open source
Free open-source application and web version; optional store purchases support development.

LibreSprite

Design & creative

LibreSprite is a desktop pixel art and animation editor for creating small raster assets. Its frame and layer workflow is suited to game sprites, animated icons and artwork that benefits from deliberate pixel-level control.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Piskel

Design & creative

Piskel is a browser sprite editor for drawing pixel art and short animations. Its immediate preview and straightforward export options help users create game assets or animated graphics without a complex desktop setup.

Free & open source
Free browser editor; users manage and back up their own project files.

GrafX2

Design & creative

GrafX2 is a bitmap painting application focused on indexed-color and pixel art workflows. It suits artists who want careful palette control and compact graphics inspired by older computer and game art techniques.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Adobe Express

Design & creative

Adobe Express is a template-driven design service for social graphics, simple videos and promotional documents. Its ongoing free tier gives occasional creators a shared workspace with standard editing tools and a limited asset collection.

Free plan
5 GB storage; 10-day version history; scheduling to one account per social network; premium assets and features excluded.

Material Maker

Design & creative

Material Maker creates procedural materials through graphs of texture-generating and transforming nodes. It helps artists build reusable surface treatments for game engines and three-dimensional assets without painting every variation by hand.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

Upscayl

Design & creative

Upscayl Desktop enlarges images locally using machine-learning models. It offers a straightforward workflow for preparing larger versions of small graphics or photos while keeping desktop processing separate from the optional cloud service.

Free & open source
Free desktop application; optional Upscayl Cloud service is separate and local hardware handles processing.

nomacs

Design & creative

nomacs is a desktop image viewer with support for common formats, including raw photographs and PSD documents. It suits quick inspection and comparison when opening a full editing suite would interrupt the workflow.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.

ImageMagick

Design & creative

ImageMagick is a command-line image processing suite for converting, resizing and combining graphics. It is useful when the same operation must be repeated reliably across many files or integrated into another workflow.

Free & open source
Local application; hardware, storage and any external content are supplied separately.
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