As per a recent slew of reports on Down detector, it has been revealed that Canva was not operational across platforms for a while. Users have reported that the website is now working and being responsive to changes demanded while editing images. Canva has not acknowledged the issue on their website. Such issues are often common when a huge mass of users appear on a single platform. If in case, such issues appear in future as well, here are some of the other open source design platforms you can head on to.
Gimp
Gimp is a cross platform image editor that is available for GNU/LINUX, macOS, Windows and more. Its free software that you can download. If you are a graphic designer , photographer illustrator or maybe a scientist Gimp would be able to provide add graphics to your ideas. And you would be able to showcase your ingenuity and innovation in overall design and creativity.
Promeo
Promeo would be another option that you can opt for if you want to design while Canva is down. The application allows the user to have access to millions of Royalty free stock images and videos. Beyond that you would be able to have beautiful and easily customizable templates hat are added daily. Generative Ai and Background removal tools would further help you create designs that you would have on Canva.
PhotoPea
Imagine photo pea as the open source replication of photoshop. As a user you would be able to work with all the prominent features of the Photoshop suite along with a few paid features as well. This could be one of the best options that you can opt for while Canva is down. This open source application would allow you to have a chance at creating better designs with more complex features as seen on Canva.
Lunacy
Lunacy is completely free with no water marks with a few subscriptions only tools as well. The Open source platform allows the user to communicate within the different users and hence you can design with a community of about 100 users. Beyond that the software also has Built in UI kits. With this app you would be able to edit photos, make background changes and automatically create place holder texts.
