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Photopea
Photopea Online Photo Editor lets you edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, crop or resize pictures. Do Online Photo Editing in your browser for free!
Where it stands
3.6 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.9 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.5 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Photopea yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Photopea?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Photopea is a free online photo editor that allows users to enjoy all premium features without spending money. The page says:…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Graphic design tool
Measured signals
3.9 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Photopea's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 149 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.5 / 5 · 13 commenters77% of the 13 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Photopea; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Now I open GIMP, remember that Photopea exists, quit GIMP, open Photopea, drop the image, transform it (every time I'm surprised at how fast it is for a JavaScript app) and just export the image to my Downloads folder.…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“PhotoPea is also one of the few graphic editors that has a competitive offering to photoshops fantastic mesh warp deformation tool. And this is comparing to affinity, pixelmator, etc”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Photopea is a remarkable thing, so much functionality in only a few megabytes. Why is Adobe Photoshop so bloated. Unfortunate the licensing model means Photopea is not FOSS and not available in a proper self-hosted form…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Photopea is amazing, but for more complex edits on Mac OS I started using Pixelmator Pro and it's miles better than Photoshop's increasingly bloated and slow experience. I genuinely don't understand how Photoshop has…”
Read in the thread
Threads: PhotoPea: Advanced Image Editor (2024, 56 comments) · Photopea: A Photoshop clone web app (2022, 50 comments) · Photopea: A free alternative to Photoshop used by millions of people (2021, 5 comments) · Photopea-Online Photo Editor (2026, 4 comments)
- Free tier
- Photopea is a free online photo editor that allows users to enjoy all premium features without spending money. The page says: “Enjoy all the premium features without spending a dime.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Photopea runs locally on the user's device using their CPU and GPU, and files never leave the device. The page says: “Photopea runs on your device, using your CPU and your GPU. All files open instantly, and never leave your device.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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