7 GitHub Repos That Feel Illegal to Use!

7 free, open source GitHub repos that replace paid apps like Photoshop, CapCut, Microsoft Office, and TradingView, plus tools that make building with Claude Code much faster. Two of them I built myself. None of these are illegal. They’re all public projects, but a few are early alpha or beta, so expect bugs. Links: PhotoCraft (Mac, Windows, Linux): https://github.com/storytold/photocraft Compositor (Mac only): github.com/robbietilton/compositor] GenOffice: https://github.com/genspark-ai/genoffice Cutline: https://github.com/Mehal45/Cutline LinkCharts: https://github.com/Mehal45/LinkCharts 21st.dev: https://21st.dev vercel-labs skills: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills REA: https://github.com/morluto/rea Good to know: PhotoCraft and GenOffice are alpha. Test them with files you can afford to lose. Check each project’s license before using it for client or commercial work. 21st.dev component installs need an API key, and free accounts have a daily limit. Read any agent skill before you install it. LinkCharts market data is delayed by about 15 minutes. It’s for charting and learning, not financial advice. Cutline and LinkCharts are my own projects. I’m documenting everything I build on X: https://x.com/Mehal_Kay I’m not affiliated with Adobe, Microsoft, CapCut, or TradingView. These are independent open source projects. Tags github repos, open source tools, free alternatives to paid software, photoshop alternative, photocraft, free office alternative, genoffice, capcut alternative, tradingview alternative, 21st.dev, claude code skills, vercel skills, reverse engineering, claude code, build with ai, free software, github projects, Mehal Kumar