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Krita

Free and open source painting app for illustrators and concept artists

Krita is a free, open source digital painting program developed by the KDE community for illustrators, comic artists, concept artists and texture painters. It offers customizable brush engines, a brush stabilizer, layers and masks, a wrap-around mode for seamless textures and frame-by-frame 2D animation. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a version for Android tablets and Chromebooks.

Cost / License
FreeOpen source(GPL-3.0-or-later)
Categories
Photo EditingGraphic Design
Platforms
WindowsMacLinuxAndroid
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Updated
Oct 12, 2026

Features

Our take

Pros

  • Free, open source painting app with powerful brush engines
  • Brush stabilizer and wrap-around mode for seamless textures
  • Frame-by-frame 2D animation built in

Cons

  • Not designed for photo editing
  • Can be demanding on hardware with large canvases
  • No version available for iPad

Editorial assessment by the Alternatives.tools team, based on what the product is known for. Not a user review.

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