Design Tools

42 apps

Design tools covers drawing, diagramming, photo editing and color utilities. The list leans toward free and open source alternatives to commercial suites, which suits anyone who needs occasional design work without paying for a subscription.

Draw.io is a free diagramming app for flowcharts and architecture diagrams, Krita is a painting program, and darktable and RawTherapee process raw camera files. For smaller tasks, Pika and System Color Picker are native color pickers. Cross-platform apps like Krita and darktable look less Mac-like than native ones but are mature and free. Check file format support if you exchange files with others.

Acornsecure.flyingmeat.comGreat Mac OS X picture and photo editor, built for humans.Affinity Designeraffinity.serif.comProfessional graphic design software for Mac.Affinity Photoaffinity.serif.comProfessional image editing software for Mac.Alchemyal.chemy.orgExperimental, open-source drawing application with an emphasis on creating conceptual art.Open sourceAmadineamadine.comVector drawing app with an intuitive interface for graphic designers.Art Text 3belightsoft.comGraphic design software for lettering, typography, and text effects.Blenderblender.orgFree and open 3D creation software.Open sourceFreeColorpickercolorpicker.fr1.9kColorpicker is a complete open-source colors manipulation tool with picking!Open sourceFreeupdated 1mo agodarktabledarktable.org13.3kdarktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.Open sourceFreeupdated todayDroplyconvergencelab.gumroad.comOffline batch background remover for images.Draw.iojgraph/drawio-desktop63.5kDrawio is a diagramming and whiteboarding desktop appOpen sourceupdated 4d agoFigmafigma.comThe collaborative interface design tool, for vector graphics and UI prototyping.FreeFontForgefontforge.github.ioFree, open-source font editor.Open sourceFreeGIMPgimp.orgThe GNU Image Manipulation Program.Open sourceinklettenonedesign.comTurn your Mac trackpad into drawing board.IInkscapeinkscape.orgProfessional vector graphics editor.Open sourceItsPaintitspaintmac.com48Native paint and screenshot markup: step badges, pixelate redaction, Instant Alpha. No account or telemetry.Open sourceFreeupdated 1d agoKritakrita.org10.6kOpen-source digital painting software for concept artists, digital painters, and illustrators.Open sourceFreeupdated todaymacSVGmacsvg.org1.3kDesigning HTML5 SVG art and animation.Open sourceFreeupdated 4y agoMagicaVoxelephtracy.github.ioFree, lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer.MMakeHumanmakehumancommunity.orgPowerful and free 3D human modeler.FreeMonodrawmonodraw.helftone.comPowerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.App StoreNik Collectionnikcollection.dxo.comNik Collection by DxO.Paintbrushpaintbrush.sourceforge.netBitmap image editor.Open sourceFreePencil2Dpencil2d.org1.8kA easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.Open sourceFreeupdated 4d agoPixelmatorpixelmator.comFull-featured image editor for Mac.Pixenpixenapp.comNative pixel art and animation editor for Mac.PPrincipleprincipleformac.comApplication for designing animated and interactive user interfaces.Pikasuperhighfives.com2.6kAn open-source color picker app.Open sourceApp Storeupdated todayRawTherapeerawtherapee.com4.2kA powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program!Open sourceFreeupdated 3d agoRedlampredlamp.app285Native, open-source raw photo editor that keeps Lightroom Classic's Develop workflow.Open sourceFreeupdated todaySScreen Loupeayenora.github.io3Open-source live magnifier that shows any part of the screen zoomed, pixel-true, in a separate window.Open sourceFreeupdated 4d agoScreenToLayersduyquoc/ScreenToLayers167Easily export your screen into a layered PSD file.Open sourceFreeApp Storeupdated 9y agoSketchsketchapp.comProfessional digital design for mac.SketchBooksketchbook.comDrawing software for concept design, comic art, and digital sketching.FreeSparklesparkleapp.comPro visual web design.System Color Pickersindresorhus/System-Color-Picker1.4kThe macOS color picker as an app with more features.Open sourceFreeApp Storeupdated 1y agoTayasui Sketchestayasui.comProfessional drawing software.Vectornator: Design Softwarevectornator.ioThe Most Intuitive and Precise Illustration Software in the Galaxy.App StoreVectrvectr.comFree graphics editor used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively.FreeNuggetyo-op/sketchcachecleaner449Video editing software designed for motion effects and versatility.Open sourceFreearchivedLunacyicons8.comVector design tool with built-in assets and real-time collaboration.FreeApp Store

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