{"slug": "free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself", "title": "Free Open-Source Alternatives to Photoshop, Excel and Slack You Can Run Yourself", "summary": "The HeyPuter/everything repository offers free, MIT-licensed, open-source rebuilds of proprietary software such as Photoshop, Excel and Slack, and has reached 3.5k stars on GitHub. Each app in the README includes a live \"Try it\" link and a source link, and can be run locally with Node.js 22.12 or newer by cloning the repo, navigating to the app folder, and running npm install and npm run dev.", "body_md": "*This article was drafted with AI assistance and fact-checked against the project's README.*\n\nPhotoshop, Excel and Slack all come with a monthly bill. The **HeyPuter/everything** repo rebuilds free, open-source alternatives to proprietary software like these from scratch, under the MIT license. It has 3.5k stars on GitHub.\n\nA few of the apps and what they stand in for, as listed in the README:\n\nIt also includes games, such as Chess and a Sudoku with 4 difficulty levels and daily puzzles.\n\nEvery app in the README table has a **Try it** link and a **Source** link, so you can open an app in the browser before installing anything.\n\nYou need **Node.js 22.12 or newer**. Then run the four commands from the README, swapping `[app-name]` for the app folder you want (for example `spreadsheet`):\n\n```\ngit clone https://github.com/HeyPuter/everything.git\ncd everything/src/[app-name]\nnpm install\nnpm run dev\n```\n\nThird-party libraries included in the repo may have their own licenses. Check them before you reuse code in your own project.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/goldenrod8888/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself-2158", "published_at": "2026-10-26 01:10:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-26 01:12:46.035943+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["HeyPuter", "GitHub", "Photoshop", "Excel", "Slack", "Node.js"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/free-open-source-alternatives-to-photoshop-excel-and-slack-you-can-run-yourself.jsonld"}}