Alternatives to Glaxnimate
Vector animation and motion design application. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Glaxnimate
Vector animation and motion design application.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Glaxnimate.
Adobe After Effects
Adobe's desktop application for motion graphics, visual effects compositing and animation for film, TV and web.
Adobe After Effects is a full commercial motion graphics and compositing suite for Windows and macOS, but it is subscription only, closed source and has no Linux version.
Tahoma2D
2D drawing and stop-motion animation software based on OpenToonz.
Tahoma2D is free open source 2D animation software with raster and vector drawing and stop-motion capture, but it uses frame-based animation and has no Lottie export.
Cavalry
A procedural, real-time 2D animation and motion design application for macOS and Windows.
Cavalry offers procedural, real-time 2D motion design with Lottie export and data-driven animation, but it is proprietary freemium software with no Linux version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Kdenlive
KDE’s free video editor, with a multi-track timeline, proxy editing and a large effect set.
HyperFrames
Open source framework that renders HTML and CSS into deterministic MP4 video.
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's generative AI app for creating and editing images, video, audio and designs.
Fusion
A node-based compositing program for visual effects, motion graphics and 3D work.
Natron
An open-source, node-based video compositing application similar in scope to After Effects and Nuke.
