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ibis Paint X

Popular drawing app with over 15000 brushes, social features, and free access to comprehensive digital art tools on mobile devices.

Photo Editing & Digital Art Android iOS

Affinity Designer

Professional vector and raster design software with one-time purchase, no subscriptions, and powerful illustration tools for iPad and desktop.

Adobe Illustrator iOS macOS Windows

Adobe Fresco

Free professional drawing app with vector and raster brushes, live watercolor effects, and cross-platform compatibility.

Adobe Photoshop iOS Windows

Ollama

Local large language model runner that enables running LLMs on personal hardware with simple installation and management. Privacy-focused and completely offline.

AI Writing Assistants & Chatbots Linux macOS Open Source

EleutherAI

Community-developed open-source GPT models with transparent training methodology and completely free unrestricted usage for research and development.

AI Writing Assistants & Chatbots Open Source Web App

DeepSeek AI

Completely free open-source AI model with strong multilingual performance and excellent coding capabilities for developers and researchers.

AI Writing Assistants & Chatbots Open Source Web App

Hugging Face

Community-driven open-source AI platform with extensive model library, free API access, and support for multiple programming languages.

AI Writing Assistants & Chatbots Open Source Web App

LocalAI

Open-source drop-in replacement for OpenAI API that runs locally with consumer hardware. No GPU required, supports multiple model families.

AI Writing Assistants & Chatbots Linux macOS Open Source

TriliumNext (Trilium Notes)

Feature-rich hierarchical note-taking app for building large personal knowledge bases. The original Trilium project has moved to the TriliumNext community fork with active development.