Best Free Animation Software

Free animation software has come a long way! Here are 5 of the best free and open source 2D animation programs.

Each is a free, full version, open source program available on Windows, Linux, and Mac.

OpenToonz
Learn OpenToonz with this tutorial playlist:

Blender
Tutorials Coming Soon...

Sozi
Learn Sozi with this tutorial playlist:

Krita
Tutorials Coming Soon...

Pencil2D
Learn Pencil2D with this tutorial playlist:

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[markspc]

*used for professionals*, "here is my 4 year old kid they made an animation on here"

[zepp]

I have always really wanted to learn how to animate but just don't have the money to do it. Thank you.

[hexagonpolo]

I have been using Krita in my videos, I am not good at drawing at all and I am actually looking for vector animation instead. But the layers and brush options really helped me with creating good looking maps.

[NightFireXD]

Thank you for being an outstanding teacher. I know this to be an old post but i just wanted to give a shout out to you for helping me to get into animating with these. Most sat on my desktop, but now i can have so much more fun. I have all of these but Sozi. With Dyslexia was hard to learn but now i'm back out there again. How very awesome of you, Namaste.

[oldbrandnamehere]

OpenToonz: Good for animating if youre new!
Blender: Need to have a little experience lol
Sozi: edits, for editing things,
Krita: YES. JUST YES.
Pencil2D: sorta like a flipaclip for pc
i hope you enjoyed my opinions on this lol

[nam]

A useful and competent explanation, so I tried it and it turned out that everything works fine. Special thanks to the author for such useful content.

[azeemtariq]

back in and recently got soft soft again, it felt strange and i had previously just taught myself the software. Finding your videos is helping

[sebastienc.]

Thanks you ! Summary :
- Opentoonz : 00:36
- Blender : 01:51
- Sozi : 03:03
- Krita : 04:10
- Pencil2D : 05:20

[elijah]

This video was just what I was looking for. Excellent job on the content description and overall length of the video, I didn't feel overwhelmed at the end 👍🏼!

[myerties]

Super great video makes excited to learn more and get started! Love the "stay organized" motto !!

[temmysevgi]

Wow, so well done! Thanks for posting, man! Very helpful.

[bluerose]

When he said "this is my daughter trying to do basic animation", I was like...okay I'm hopeless HAHAAHA

[JorgedelCampoAndrade]

Interesting how these programs evolve and your review list change year after year. Good job!

[HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

This video was the uplifting moment I needed during the 2nd worst yuletide of my life, so *thank you* and may you have a wonderful holiday!

[videocataloger]

Thank you for this introduction. really inspiring and sozi is new to me. I have been looking for something like this to animate instructions for Fast Video Cataloger on our site.

[azuure]

I've always been interested in animation, but I could never find the tools I needed to start! Thank you so much for making this, it was super informative! I'll definitely check out your other videos!

[spiralingspiral]

No kidding, I actually made my first 2d animation using MS Paint (25 frames)...

[ayubfauzihafiz]

Best explanation by far for us totally new to the software, thanks for your ti man, really looking forward to learning how to make so

[nonamen]

Thanks for the motivation. I wasn't sure if I could do it, but I might try it eventually.

[lekatte]

I always wanted to make 2d animations, I prefer the "frame by frame" animations, and I think pencil 2d will work for my animations! Thank you!