Photopea
FreeFull-featured photo editor in your browser — opens and saves PSD, XCF, Sketch files. Layers, masks, filters, blend modes. A genuinely free Photoshop replacement that needs no install.
Bonus: install Photopea from your browser
Why we recommend Photopea
Photopea is the closest browser-based clone of Photoshop's interface that exists — and that's the deliberate point. The keyboard shortcuts are identical, the panels (Layers, Channels, Paths, History) sit exactly where you'd expect, and the file-format support is genuinely impressive: native PSD read/write (including layer styles, smart objects, masks, adjustment layers), GIMP's XCF, Sketch's .sketch, Affinity's .afphoto, plus the obvious PNG/JPEG/SVG/AI/PDF. For freelancers, students, and anyone who needs to open a client's PSD once a quarter without paying $20.99/month for a Creative Cloud subscription, it's a genuine replacement. The single creator (Ivan Kutskir) has maintained it solo since 2013 — that's both the charm and the risk: no roadmap committee, but everything ships when one person decides.
Best use cases
Best for: opening a PSD a client sent you when you don't own Photoshop, making quick layer-based edits to product photos, batch-resizing images with the script panel, removing backgrounds with the magic-wand+refine-edge workflow, and teaching a Photoshop class without making students pay for licenses. Runs great on Chromebooks, which is a unique fit for K-12 design education.
Honest limitations
Not for: anyone needing the latest AI features (Generative Fill, Neural Filters) — Photopea's AI tools are competent but lag Adobe by a generation. Not for: agency teams who need shared libraries, version history, or commenting (no collaboration features). Performance on huge files (>4GB PSDs with hundreds of layers) is constrained by browser memory limits. The site is ad-supported on the free tier — Premium ($5/mo) removes ads.
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