Photopea

Photopea is a free online photo editor that runs entirely in your browser, offering Photoshop-grade tools with full PSD support, and your files never leave your device.

Overview

Photopea is the rare free tool that professionals actually use. Open the site and you get a full-featured raster and vector editor, layers, masks, layer styles, smart objects, adjustment layers, channels, and paths, with zero install, zero uploads, and zero cost. It runs locally on your CPU and GPU, so files open instantly and privacy is absolute: nothing is ever sent to a server.

Its superpower is format support. PSD is the main format, opened and saved faithfully, but Photopea handles 40+ others including AI, SVG, PDF, XD, Sketch, Figma, INDD, HEIC, AVIF, and camera RAW formats (DNG, CR2, NEF, ARW) with proper exposure and color-balance controls. Modern AI features are built in too: one-click background removal and generative replacement of any image region from a text description.

Key Features

• Full PSD support: open and save Photoshop files with layers, masks, and smart objects intact.
• Fully local processing: no uploads, files stay on your device and editing even works offline after load.
• 40+ formats: PNG, JPG, SVG, AI, PDF, XD, Sketch, INDD, RAW, and many more.
• Professional toolset: curves, levels, liquify, puppet warp, blending modes, and layer styles.
• AI tools: one-click background removal and text-prompted content replacement.
• Vector editing: create and edit vector graphics, shapes, and text directly in the editor.

💳 Pricing

Photopea is completely free with all editing features unlocked; the free version is supported by ads. Premium costs $5/month and removes ads, raises cloud storage to 5 GB, doubles history length, and includes 3,000 AI credits per month for the AI features. Team Premium accounts start around €20/month, and a white-label distributor account is available for embedding Photopea in other products.

Who Is It For

Best for designers, students, and professionals who need Photoshop-level editing anywhere without a subscription, or anyone opening PSD files on a Chromebook or borrowed machine. Extremely large files can strain browser memory on weaker hardware.