# REA open-sources 13 alternatives to paid creative and office software

> Original title: holy sh*t, REA just open-sourced 13 paid apps: Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat and more programs that cost $3,790+ a year

- Source: X search: AI open-source releases
- Published: 2026-11-09T11:57:01.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/a9xswnnyx6wt7pia2z0n2wc1u
- Original: https://x.com/Gyome1_/status/2119761172849123336

## Summary

Gyomei says REA has open-sourced 13 free alternatives to paid programs such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, Lightroom, and AutoCAD, which the post says cost $3,790 or more a year. The post lists each project with the app it replaces and its stated file-format support. It also describes an engine called craft-anything and a tool called rea that let a coding agent rebuild or reverse engineer software.

## Why it matters

The post lists each open-source alternative against the paid app it replaces, with the price and the file formats each one supports, which helps readers judge fit for their own workflow.

## Post

holy sh*t, REA just open-sourced 13 paid apps: Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat and more programs that cost $3,790+ a year

photos, video, PDF, CAD, spreadsheets, slides and audio, working offline, and most creators have no idea they’re free

the drop:

→ http://github.com/storytold/photocraft (alternative to Photoshop · $275.88/year) opens and re-saves PSD files with the same render on 307 of 309 test files, 68 tools

→ http://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft (alternative to Acrobat Pro · $239.88/year) opens 963 of 983 test PDFs without a single crash

→ http://github.com/storytold/filmcraft (alternative to Premiere Pro · $275.88/year) its own codecs (H.264, HEVC, ProRes), 90+ effects, and Premiere projects move over through XML/AAF

→ http://github.com/storytold/wordcraft (alternative to Word)
opens and saves .docx, with track changes and mail merge

→ http://github.com/storytold/lightcraft (alternative to Lightroom · $143.88/year)
its own RAW decoders for Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fuji

→ http://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft (alternative to Illustrator · $275.88/year) imports Affinity files

→ http://github.com/storytold/effectcraft (alternative to After Effects · $275.88/year) 308 effects, Lottie import and export

→ http://github.com/storytold/cadcraft (alternative to AutoCAD · $2,030/year) reads DWG and DXF

→ http://github.com/storytold/gridcraft (alternative to Excel) XLSX as its native format, 500+ functions and pivot tables

→ http://github.com/storytold/designcraft (alternative to InDesign · $275.88/year) opens INDD and IDML, exports PDF/X-4

→ http://github.com/storytold/figcraft (alternative to Figma) opens .fig files, real-time collaboration

→ http://github.com/storytold/deckcraft (alternative to PowerPoint) opens and saves .pptx

→ http://github.com/storytold/soundcraft (alternative to Pro Tools) supports VST3, AU and CLAP plugins

→ http://github.com/storytold/craft-anything
the engine behind them: it studies any website, app or game, and your coding agent rebuilds your own version

→ http://github.com/morluto/rea
for software with no open-source twin yet: let your agent reverse engineer how it works
the formula:

pick the subscription you pay for → find its open-source twin → run it offline → let your AI agent drive it

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## Quoted post @Gyome1_

> REA hit #1 on GitHub trending, and most people still run it inside a single chat
> 
> Split it into 4 subagents and one command takes a program you own from sealed binary to a tested rebuild with a match rate
> 
> Set it up once, aim it at the next one: https://x.com/i/article/2111752926104375296

https://x.com/Gyome1_/status/2111774069783720195