[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What open-source alternative is there for Canva
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       Ask HN: What open-source alternative is there for Canva
        
       I'm a power Canva user but I have a passion for open-source and
       just like buying local, I try to use open-source whenever I can.
       Is there anything out there that stands up to Canva as an
       alternative?  Thanks in advance!
        
       Author : nathan_tarbert
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2023-12-12 18:42 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
       | WallyFunk wrote:
       | Not sure about open source, but there are alternatives out there:
       | 
       | https://duckduckgo.com/?q=open+source+alternatives+to+canva
        
       | stevenicr wrote:
       | I am always looking non-subscription options for similar..
       | 
       | playing with affinty designer, similar.. eyeing luminero neo?
       | 
       | Appreciating self hosting AI gen..
       | 
       | Microsoft Designer is really making me happy - but I worry they
       | will subscription paywall it eventually - I would pay a one time
       | fee.
       | 
       | Someone has to have list non-subscription alternatives to all the
       | things.. like photoshop alternatives you can own..
        
       | xet7 wrote:
       | For drawing arrows, I use drawing toolbar of LibreOffice Writer.
       | 
       | For vector graphics, and converting bitmap to vectors, I use
       | Inkscape.
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       | For flowcharts, I use Dia.
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       | For bitmap graphics, I use Gimp, use it for crop and prettifying
       | old photos.
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       | I use OpenClipart SVG images, when I need some image that is
       | already made.
        
       | kidfiji wrote:
       | Not necessarily like Canva, but more similar to Figma is Penpot,
       | if it may interest you:
       | 
       | https://penpot.app/
        
       | evolve2k wrote:
       | Id say Inkscape and Penpot are the closest but none of these (by
       | design) include a big template gallery which is maybe part of
       | your consideration.
       | 
       | On the template gallery you could use an open source chat-gpt
       | like tool to create svgs for you and then load them into the
       | above. Eg "Make an SVG of a smiley face"
        
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