Froze Crate is an open-source desktop app that acts as a creative hub for managing and launching open-source creative software — similar to Adobe Creative Cloud, but for the open-source world.
- 🎨 Unified dashboard for managing open-source creative tools
- 📦 One-click install and uninstall for supported apps
- 🔁 Automatic version checks and updates
- 💻 Beautiful, responsive GUI powered by PySide6
- 📁 Categorized app library (Photo, Video, Audio, 3D, etc.)
- 🪟 Windows-first (Linux/macOS coming soon)
- Python 3.12
- PySide6 (Qt for Python)
- requests, packaging, subprocess
| Category | App Example |
|---|---|
| Photo Editing | GIMP |
| Digital Painting | Krita |
| Vector Graphics | Inkscape |
| 3D Modeling | Blender |
| Animation | OpenToonz |
| Audio Editing | Audacity |
| Video Editing | Kdenlive |
| Desktop Publishing | Scribus |
| UI/UX Design | Penpot |
| IDE/Code | VSCode OSS |
| Game Dev | Godot Engine |
| Notes/Docs | Zim or Obsidian |
git clone [https://github.com/Frozecrate/frozecrate.git]
cd froze-crate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.pyThis project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - see the LICENSE file for details.
Pull requests are welcome! If you'd like to contribute new features, improve the UI, or fix bugs, feel free to fork and submit a PR.
Created with ❤️ by the lead developer Mohamed Aazir Abdul Hathi (preferably called as MZA) to make open-source creativity more accessible.
"Froze Crate — one crate to rule the creative stack." 🎨