Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Pencil2D

The top open-source alternatives to Pencil2D are Synfig Studio, Pencil, and Inkscape. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Synfig Studio Landing Page
1

Synfig Studio

Just another WordPress site
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #2D Animation #Art Tools
Pencil Landing Page
2

Pencil

Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #Drawing #Graphic Design Software
Inkscape Landing Page
3

Inkscape

Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 482 social mentions
enve Landing Page
4

enve

A new open-source 2D animation software for Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #2D Animation #Art Tools 4 social mentions
Haiku Animator Landing Page
5

Haiku Animator

Create powerful animations for any app or website
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #2D Animation #Photo & Video
Tahoma2D Landing Page
6

Tahoma2D

Tahoma2D is a powerful program for 2D and stop motion animation. Tahoma 2D is based on OpenToonz.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #2D Animation #Graphic Design 2 social mentions
Lottie Landing Page
7

Lottie

Lottie is an online platform that helps the users in editing and shipping their animations in a few clicks.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #Design Tools #Vector Graphic Editor 90 social mentions
GSAP Landing Page
8

GSAP

GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is a suite of JavaScript tools for high-performance animations that work in all major browsers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $99.0 / Annually
#Javascript UI Libraries #Charting Libraries #Animation 71 social mentions
Spine Animation Landing Page
9

Spine Animation

Spine is 2D skeletal animation software for video games.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Animation #Javascript UI Libraries #Vector Graphic Editor 27 social mentions
svgcircus.com
10

SVG Circus

Design cool svg spinners and other looped svg animations
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Vector Graphic Editor #Animation #Design Tools 1 social mentions
Aseprite Landing Page
11

Aseprite

Aseprite is an art program dedicated to the creation of pixel art.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Art Tools #Digital Drawing And Painting #Graphic Design Software 1 social mentions
VPaint Landing Page
12

VPaint

Experimental vector graphics editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Art Tools #Image Editing #Digital Drawing And Painting