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Free Open-Source Alternatives to Photoshop, Excel and Slack You Can Run Yourself

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This article was drafted with AI assistance and fact-checked against the project's README.

Photoshop, Excel and Slack all come with a monthly bill. The HeyPuter/everything repo rebuilds free, open-source alternatives to proprietary software like these from scratch, under the MIT license. It has 3.5k stars on GitHub.

What's inside

A few of the apps and what they stand in for, as listed in the README:

  • Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers
  • Documents: Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Apple Pages
  • Photo Studio: Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator
  • Teamchat: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat

It also includes games, such as Chess and a Sudoku with 4 difficulty levels and daily puzzles.

No terminal? Use the "Try it" link

Every app in the README table has a Try it link and a Source link, so you can open an app in the browser before installing anything.

Run an app yourself

You need Node.js 22.12 or newer. Then run the four commands from the README, swapping [app-name] for the app folder you want (for example spreadsheet):

git clone https://github.com/HeyPuter/everything.git
cd everything/src/[app-name]
npm install
npm run dev
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Watch out

Third-party libraries included in the repo may have their own licenses. Check them before you reuse code in your own project.

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