Photopea
A browser-based image editor that opens Photoshop files.
Cost
Free to start, paid to go further
Free with ads; a paid tier removes them.
Open source
No
The code is private. You depend on the company that makes it.
Your data
Goes to their servers
Your files and text are sent to the company running the service.
Use it for this
Opening a .psd when you do not have Photoshop, and quick edits on a machine where you cannot install software.
Do not use it for this
Very large files or heavy work — it runs in your browser tab.
A moment where you would reach for it
A colleague sends a .psd and you need one layer out of it in five minutes.
How hard is it to pick up?
Straightforward, but expect an hour of figuring it out.
Worth knowing before you use it
Files are processed in your browser rather than uploaded, which is unusual and useful.
Other things that do this job
No tool is best at everything. These solve a similar problem, with different trade-offs.
About this entry
Checked on 1 Sept 2026. Prices and free limits change without warning, and often quietly. Treat everything above as a starting point and confirm on the official site before you rely on it.
Nothing here is sponsored. A tool appears because it solves a real problem, not because someone paid for it to be listed.