Why “Photopea” is being discussed
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> I'm interested in the bar for maintenance being lower. Open source gains from model assistance more than closed source. > If there were some way to truly get the benefits of c…
by bigbadfeline · Oct 7, 2026
hey there. fellow indie dev here. i feel you, i see copyright and ai slop ripoffs on the daily. in fact i used to be most upset seeing my opensource code show up in much bigger…
by modzu · Oct 7, 2026
that may be true, but doesnt change the outcome. that it's literal copyright infringement here is quaint: the same user can turn around and give us a new photopea clone with 0%…
by modzu · Oct 7, 2026
This is a really weird take. OP worked on this during all of their free time for over 10 years. And it finally took off into making a solid revenue for them. This is a rare succ…
by thraway3837 · Oct 7, 2026
Ask HN: Is this the beginning of the end of open source?
by potamic · Oct 7, 2026 · 4 points
> More importantly, when detecting that Photopea is pirated, if it runs for 3-6 minutes and then crashes, it's more likely to look like a bug in the export than a deliberate ant…
by abcd_f · Oct 7, 2026
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Photopea is a web-based photo and graphics editor developed by Ivan Kutskir. It is used for image editing, making illustrations, web design or converting between different image formats. Photopea is free advertising-supported software, and offers a premium ad-free subscription for individuals and teams, and a corporate focused self-hostable version of the application. It is compatible with all modern web browsers, including Firefox, Opera, Edge, Chrome, and Safari. The app is compatible with raster and vector graphics, such as Photoshop's PSD as well as JPEG, PNG, DNG, GIF, SVG, PDF and other image file formats. While browser-based, Photopea stores all files locally, and does not upload any data to a server unless specified by the user. Options to save files and projects to cloud storage and to a device are available. Read more on Wikipedia