https://stacksoftools.com/New tools and articles on Stacks, a hand-picked directory by Kitefold Labs.https://stacksoftools.com/articles/leave-adobe/https://stacksoftools.com/articles/leave-adobe/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat to check before you cancel Creative Cloud, and the open source apps that take over each job, from the steady old hands to this month’s vibe-coded rewrites.https://stacksoftools.com/trending/artcraft/https://stacksoftools.com/trending/artcraft/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTArtCraft rebuilt Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Lightroom and ten more with an AI coding agent and open sourced all of them.https://www.gimp.org/https://www.gimp.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe long-standing free photo editor: layers, masks, curves, healing and plug-ins. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://krita.org/https://krita.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA painting app made by artists, with brushes, layers and animation built in. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA Photoshop look-alike written in Rust that opens and saves layered PSD files. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://inkscape.org/https://inkscape.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTVector drawing for logos, icons and print, saving straight to SVG. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/vectorcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/vectorcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTVector illustration with Illustrator’s tools and shortcuts, rebuilt in Rust. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://www.darktable.org/https://www.darktable.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA raw photo developer and library that never touches your originals. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://rawtherapee.com/https://rawtherapee.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRaw processing with fine control over colour, detail and noise. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/lightcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA photo library and raw developer laid out like Lightroom, running on your machine. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://www.scribus.net/https://www.scribus.net/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTPage layout for magazines, posters and books, with print-ready PDF export. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/designcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/designcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTPage layout and publishing laid out like InDesign, written in Rust. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/figcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/figcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTInterface design and prototyping as a native app, also runs in a browser tab. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://www.blender.org/https://www.blender.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTModelling, sculpting, animation, rendering and even video editing in one app. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://www.freecad.org/https://www.freecad.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTParametric 3D modelling for parts, buildings and anything you plan to make. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/cadcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/cadcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT2D drafting and design in the AutoCAD mould, written in Rust. (Design / Design tools, Free)https://vscodium.com/https://vscodium.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe same editor built from the open source code, without Microsoft’s telemetry. (Code & Build / Editors & dev tools, Free)https://notepad-plus-plus.org/https://notepad-plus-plus.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA fast, light code and text editor with tabs and syntax colours. (Code & Build / Editors & dev tools, Free)https://www.usebruno.com/https://www.usebruno.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTAn API client that saves requests as plain files in your repo, offline and with no account. (Code & Build / Editors & dev tools, Free)https://podman-desktop.io/https://podman-desktop.io/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRun and manage containers and Kubernetes from a desktop app. (Code & Build / Editors & dev tools, Free)https://jan.ai/https://jan.ai/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA chat app that runs open AI models on your own computer, offline. (AI / Agents & tooling, Free)https://ollama.com/https://ollama.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTDownload and run models like Llama and Gemma locally with one command. (AI / Agents & tooling, Free)https://kdenlive.org/https://kdenlive.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA multitrack video editor with effects, titles and proxy editing for big files. (Video / Tools, Free)https://shotcut.org/https://shotcut.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA straightforward editor that opens almost any format without importing. (Video / Tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/filmcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/filmcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA Premiere-style editor: source and program monitors, a multitrack timeline and the usual trims. (Video / Tools, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/effectcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/effectcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTMotion graphics and visual effects with layers and keyframes, rebuilt in Rust. (Video / Tools, Free)https://obsproject.com/https://obsproject.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRecord your screen and camera or stream live, with scenes you switch between. (Video / Tools, Free)https://handbrake.fr/https://handbrake.fr/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTShrink and convert videos with ready-made presets for phones and the web. (Video / Tools, Free)https://www.audacityteam.org/https://www.audacityteam.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRecord, cut and clean up audio, from podcasts to voice notes. (Music & Audio / Production, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/soundcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/soundcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRecord, edit and mix audio in a native digital audio workstation. (Music & Audio / Production, Free)https://lmms.io/https://lmms.io/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTMake beats and songs with a pattern editor, piano roll and built-in synths. (Music & Audio / Production, Free)https://musescore.org/https://musescore.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTWrite, play back and print sheet music. (Music & Audio / Production, Free)https://www.videolan.org/https://www.videolan.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTPlays nearly every video and audio file, and converts them too. (Apps / Media, Free)https://localsend.org/https://localsend.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSend files to any nearby device on the same Wi-Fi, whatever it runs. (Apps / Files & cloud, Free)https://www.7-zip.org/https://www.7-zip.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTOpens and makes zip, 7z, rar and most other archives, very small and fast. (Apps / Files & cloud, Free)https://peazip.github.io/https://peazip.github.io/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTAn archive manager for 200 formats, with encryption. (Apps / Files & cloud, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/wordcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/wordcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA Word-style word processor, native and fast. (Apps / Office, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/gridcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/gridcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSpreadsheets in the Excel mould, rebuilt in Rust. (Apps / Office, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/deckcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/deckcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSlide decks in the PowerPoint mould, rebuilt in Rust. (Apps / Office, Free)https://appflowy.com/https://appflowy.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTPages, databases and boards like Notion, with your data kept on your device. (Apps / Office, Free)https://affine.pro/https://affine.pro/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTDocs and whiteboards in one space, working offline first. (Apps / Office, Free)https://joplinapp.org/https://joplinapp.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTMarkdown notes and notebooks, synced end to end encrypted to the cloud you pick. (Apps / Office, Free)https://pdfsam.org/https://pdfsam.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTMerge, split, rotate and pull pages out of PDFs, offline. (Apps / Office, Free)https://getartcraft.com/apps/pdfcrafthttps://getartcraft.com/apps/pdfcraft#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRead, organise, combine, split and secure PDFs. (Apps / Office, Free)https://www.zotero.org/https://www.zotero.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTCollect papers and pages, then cite them in Word or LibreOffice in any style. (Apps / Office, Free)https://rustdesk.com/https://rustdesk.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRemote control of another computer, through their servers or your own. (Apps / Utilities, Free)https://getsharex.com/https://getsharex.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTScreenshots, scrolling captures, GIFs and annotations, with dozens of upload targets. (Apps / Utilities, Free)https://www.bleachbit.org/https://www.bleachbit.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTClears caches, logs and leftovers to free space and protect privacy. (Apps / Utilities, Free)https://www.thunderbird.net/https://www.thunderbird.net/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTMail, calendar and contacts for all your accounts in one app. (Privacy / Mail & messaging, Free)https://signal.org/https://signal.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTEnd-to-end encrypted messages and calls, run by a non-profit. (Privacy / Mail & messaging, Free)https://element.io/https://element.io/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTTeam chat on the open Matrix network, encrypted end to end. (Privacy / Mail & messaging, Free)https://mattermost.com/https://mattermost.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTChannels and threads like Slack, on a server you run. (Privacy / Mail & messaging, Free)https://jitsi.org/https://jitsi.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTVideo calls straight from a link, with no account needed. (Privacy / Mail & messaging, Free)https://ente.io/https://ente.io/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTEncrypted photo backup with face search and shared albums. (Privacy / Storage, Free)https://immich.app/https://immich.app/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA Google Photos look-alike you host on your own server. (Privacy / Storage, Free)https://bitwarden.com/https://bitwarden.com/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA password manager that syncs everywhere, free for unlimited passwords. (Privacy / Security, Free)https://keepassxc.org/https://keepassxc.org/#2026-10-29Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTPasswords in an encrypted file you keep, with no account at all. (Privacy / Security, Free)https://stacksoftools.com/trending/design-skills/https://stacksoftools.com/trending/design-skills/#2026-10-28Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTImpeccable, Taste Skill and Hallmark teach Claude Code, Codex and Cursor to skip the purple gradients and generic cards.https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/frontend-designhttps://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/frontend-design#2026-10-28Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTAnthropic's skill for picking a clear visual direction and type before an agent writes any UI. (AI Skills / Design & front end, Free)https://github.com/leonxlnx/taste-skillhttps://github.com/leonxlnx/taste-skill#2026-10-28Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTDeals art directions and checks the page in a real browser so agent-built sites stop looking generic. (AI Skills / Design & front end, Free)