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Affinity alternatives

Award-winning integrated graphic design, photo-editing and publishing solution.

Canva Photo editors #25 Photo editors

12 Windows apps in the same category as Affinity, ranked by what they have in common and by popularity.

  • Pinta

    Simple GTK# Paint Program

    Open source 3.0.5 15.8K ↓ ★ 4.1K
  • Natron

    Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.

    Open source 2.5.0 13.8K ↓ ★ 5.6K
  • Upscayl

    A powerful image upscaling tool that uses advanced AI technology to enhance your images.

    Open source 2.15.0 11.1K ↓ ★ 50.9K
  • XnView MP

    Professional Image Viewer & Photo Management

    Proprietary 1.12.2.0 436.9K ↓
  • ART

    ART is a fork of RawTherapee, a powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program.

    Open source 1.26.9 1.7K ↓ ★ 500
  • LightTable

    Digital darkroom for RAW photography and film simulation

    Open source 0.6.1 8.9K ↓ ★ 26 photo-editing
  • PhotoDemon

    A free portable photo editor focused on pro-grade features, high performance, and maximum usability.

    Other licence 2025.4 429 ↓ ★ 2.4K
  • ente

    Desktop client for ente.io

    Open source 1.7.30 791 ↓ ★ 172
  • RapidRAW

    A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.

    Open source 1.6.5 ★ 10.6K editing
  • GDAL

    GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an MIT style Open Source License by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

    Open source 3.12.1 ★ 6.1K
  • BG Remover

    Lightweight AI-powered background removal tool for Windows

    Open source 3.0.1 45 ↓ ★ 5 photo-editing
  • RawTherapee

    RawTherapee is a free, cross-platform raw image processing program

    Open source 5.12-166-g7bae1495c ★ 4.2K

Comparison

AppLicenceVersionUpdatedGitHub starsChocolatey downloads
Affinity Proprietary 3.3.1.4940 October 8, 2026 — —
Pinta Open source 3.0.5 November 30, 2025 4.1K 15.8K
Natron Open source 2.5.0 July 14, 2023 5.6K 13.8K
Upscayl Open source 2.15.0 December 30, 2024 50.9K 11.1K
XnView MP Proprietary 1.12.2.0 October 12, 2026 — 436.9K
ART Open source 1.26.9 September 21, 2026 500 1.7K
LightTable Open source 0.6.1 October 8, 2026 26 8.9K
PhotoDemon Other licence 2025.4 August 5, 2025 2.4K 429
ente Open source 1.7.30 October 6, 2026 172 791
RapidRAW Open source 1.6.5 October 8, 2026 10.6K —
GDAL Open source 3.12.1 February 11, 2026 6.1K —
BG Remover Open source 3.0.1 June 11, 2026 5 45
RawTherapee Open source 5.12-166-g7bae1495c December 16, 2025 4.2K —