List of 2D animation software

This is a list of two-dimensional animation software.

Name	Latest stable release	Developer	License	Operating system or environment
Blender	March 17, 2026 ^[1]	Blender Foundation^[2]	GPL-2.0-or-later^[3]	Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD
Adobe Character Animator	January 21, 2026 ^[4]	Adobe Systems^[5]	Trialware	Windows, OS X^[6]
Motion	April 9, 2026 ^[7]	Apple Inc.^[8]	Commercial proprietary software	OS X^[9]
TupiTube	August 15, 2020	Maefloresta	GPL-2.0-or-later	Windows, OS X, Linux, other Unix-like
Synfig	January 18, 2026^[10]	Robert Quattlebaum	GPL-2.0-or-later	Windows, OS X, Linux
Pencil2D	February 25, 2026 ^[11]	Pencil2D Team	GPL-2.0-only ^[12]	Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD^[13]
Harmony	March 25, 2026 ^[14]	Toon Boom Animation Inc.^[15]	Commercial Proprietary software Trialware	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux^[16]
CrazyTalk	May 22, 2019 ^[17]	Reallusion, Inc ^[18]	Trialware	Windows, OS X
Krita	March 31, 2026 ^[19]	Krita Foundation, KDE	GPL-3.0-only	Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Android
Adobe Animate	October 10, 2023 ^[20]	Adobe Systems	Trialware	Windows, OS X^[21]
Live2D	July 30, 2024 ^[22]	Live2D Ltd.	Trialware	Windows, OS X
Clip Studio Paint	January 6, 2026 ^[23]	Celsys	Trialware	Windows, macOS, Android, iPadOS, iOS
Adobe After Effects	January 23, 2026 ^[24]	Adobe Systems ^[25]	Trialware	Windows, Mac OS X^[26]
OpenToonz	May 9, 2023	Dwango^[27]	BSD-3-Clause ^[28]	Windows, OS X, Linux
Pivot Animator	May 13, 2025^[29]	Peter Bone	Freeware	Windows^[30]
Moho (Anime Studio)	September 12, 2023	Lost Marble LLC	Commercial Proprietary software Trialware	Windows, Mac OS X
DigiCel FlipBook	December 21, 2016	DigiCel Inc.	Trialware	Windows, OS X
Apple iAd Producer	April 1, 2016	Apple Inc.	Registerware	OS X
Toonz	April 12, 2021	Digital Video S.p.a.	Commercial proprietary software	Windows, OS X, Mac OS
TVPaint Animation	December 22, 2022	TVPaint Developpement	Commercial proprietary software	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android
DrawPlus	March 23, 2015	Serif	Commercial	Windows
SWFTools	April 8, 2012	Matthias Kramm	GPL-2.0-or-later	Windows, OS X, Linux
Ajax Animator	December 31, 2011	Antimatter15	GPL-3.0-or-later	Web application
SWiSH Max	June 20, 2011	SwishZone	Trialware	Windows
RETAS		Celsys	Commercial proprietary software	Windows, OS X
ParticleIllusion			Trialware	Plug-in for Adobe After Effects
Flipnote Studio	December 24, 2008	Nintendo	Freeware	Nintendo DS
Flipnote Studio 3D	July 24, 2013	Nintendo	Freeware	Nintendo 3DS
Antics 2-D Animation	1998	Antics Workshop	Trialware	Windows
Autodesk Animator Pro	1995	Jim Kent	Freeware/Open source	MS-DOS, Windows
Autodesk Animator Studio	1995	Autodesk	Commercial proprietary software	MS-DOS, Windows
Fantavision	1988	Broderbund	Discontinued commercial proprietary software	Apple II, Amiga, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS
Glaxnimate	September 9, 2023	Mattia Basaglia	GPL-3.0-or-later	Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD
FlipaClip		Visual Blasters	Freeware	Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
ToonSquid	July 29th, 2026	Keiwan Donyagard	Commercial proprietary software	iPadOS
Name	Last Stable Update	Developer	License	Operating system or environment

References

↑ "Release Notes". blender.org. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "About". blender.org. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "License – Blender Manual". Blender Manual. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe Character Animator Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe Character Animator Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe Character Animator System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Motion release notes". Apple Support. Apple Inc. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Motion: Animate Effects". App Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "About Apple Creator Studio". Apple Support. Apple Inc. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ Dmitriev, Konstantin (2026-01-18). "Synfig Studio 1.5.4 released". Synfig. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ The Pencil2D Team (2026-02-25). "Pencil2D v0.7.1 RC – Help Us Test the Next Release". Pencil2D Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "LICENSE.TXT". GitHub. Pencil2D. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ The Pencil2D Team. "Pencil2D Animation". Pencil2D Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Harmony 25.2 Release Notes". Toon Boom Documentation. Toon Boom Animation Inc. 2026-03-25. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ Schnier, Mike (2025-06-10). "Toon Boom Animation Unveils Storyboard Pro 25 and Harmony 25: Flexibility, Stability, Innovation and Major Upgrades". Toon Boom Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Toon Boom Harmony 25 System Requirements". Toon Boom Documentation. Toon Boom Animation Inc. 2025-11-28. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "CrazyTalk Upgrade History". reallusion.com. Reallusion. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "CrazyTalk 8 Special Edition Upgrade Special". reallusion.com. Reallusion. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ Krita News (2026-03-31). "Krita 5.3.1 Released!". Planet KDE. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe Animate Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe Animate System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Live2D Cubism". live2d.com. Live2D Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Get one month free of Clip Studio Paint EX for a limited time!". Clip Studio. Celsys, Inc. 2025-12-02. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe After Effects Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe After Effects Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Adobe After Effects System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. OpenToonz. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. OpenToonz. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Pivot Animator". pivotanimator.net. Pivot Animator. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
↑ "Pivot Animator 5 Download". pivotanimator.net. Pivot Animator. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[1] "Release Notes". blender.org. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[2] "About". blender.org. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[3] "License – Blender Manual". Blender Manual. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[4] "Adobe Character Animator Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[5] "Adobe Character Animator Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[6] "Adobe Character Animator System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[7] "Motion release notes". Apple Support. Apple Inc. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[8] "Motion: Animate Effects". App Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[9] "About Apple Creator Studio". Apple Support. Apple Inc. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[10] Dmitriev, Konstantin (2026-01-18). "Synfig Studio 1.5.4 released". Synfig. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[11] The Pencil2D Team (2026-02-25). "Pencil2D v0.7.1 RC – Help Us Test the Next Release". Pencil2D Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[12] "LICENSE.TXT". GitHub. Pencil2D. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[13] The Pencil2D Team. "Pencil2D Animation". Pencil2D Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[14] "Harmony 25.2 Release Notes". Toon Boom Documentation. Toon Boom Animation Inc. 2026-03-25. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[15] Schnier, Mike (2025-06-10). "Toon Boom Animation Unveils Storyboard Pro 25 and Harmony 25: Flexibility, Stability, Innovation and Major Upgrades". Toon Boom Animation. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[16] "Toon Boom Harmony 25 System Requirements". Toon Boom Documentation. Toon Boom Animation Inc. 2025-11-28. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[17] "CrazyTalk Upgrade History". reallusion.com. Reallusion. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[18] "CrazyTalk 8 Special Edition Upgrade Special". reallusion.com. Reallusion. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[19] Krita News (2026-03-31). "Krita 5.3.1 Released!". Planet KDE. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[20] "Adobe Animate Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[21] "Adobe Animate System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[22] "Live2D Cubism". live2d.com. Live2D Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[23] "Get one month free of Clip Studio Paint EX for a limited time!". Clip Studio. Celsys, Inc. 2025-12-02. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[24] "Adobe After Effects Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[25] "Adobe After Effects Release Notes". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[26] "Adobe After Effects System Requirements". Adobe Help Center. Adobe Inc. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[27] "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. OpenToonz. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[28] "LICENSE.txt". GitHub. OpenToonz. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[29] "Pivot Animator". pivotanimator.net. Pivot Animator. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

[30] "Pivot Animator 5 Download". pivotanimator.net. Pivot Animator. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2026-06-13.

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