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:
→ https://t.co/mbOcNizFSs (alternative to Photoshop · $275.88/year) opens and re-saves PSD files with the same render on 307 of 309 test files, 68 tools
→ https://t.co/vguG2aWZtK (alternative to Acrobat Pro · $239.88/year) opens 963 of 983 test PDFs without a single crash
→ https://t.co/SCyCdhazOL (alternative to Premiere Pro · $275.88/year) its own codecs (H.264, HEVC, ProRes), 90+ effects, and Premiere projects move over through XML/AAF
→ https://t.co/wit9v1ms7p (alternative to Word)
opens and saves .docx, with track changes and mail merge
→ https://t.co/mTrNeHsFvk (alternative to Lightroom · $143.88/year)
its own RAW decoders for Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fuji
→ https://t.co/SQrCp4mVxa (alternative to Illustrator · $275.88/year) imports Affinity files
→ https://t.co/385HwyZJrW (alternative to After Effects · $275.88/year) 308 effects, Lottie import and export
→ https://t.co/VvxxpKQiWY (alternative to AutoCAD · $2,030/year) reads DWG and DXF
→ https://t.co/o9g0xxRAuL (alternative to Excel) XLSX as its native format, 500+ functions and pivot tables
→ https://t.co/EWlbx5JBGb (alternative to InDesign · $275.88/year) opens INDD and IDML, exports PDF/X-4
→ https://t.co/Qxli1KuUNp (alternative to Figma) opens .fig files, real-time collaboration
→ https://t.co/uZQiQXueyn (alternative to PowerPoint) opens and saves .pptx
→ https://t.co/2iJPEhNQrc (alternative to Pro Tools) supports VST3, AU and CLAP plugins
→ https://t.co/foxaFXVwXM
the engine behind them: it studies any website, app or game, and your coding agent rebuilds your own version
→ https://t.co/UtPYOBM1aY
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