- About
- Open-source painting program made by artists. Open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop, Procreate and Clip Studio Paint.
- Catalogue
- No. 395
- Category
- Productivity
- GitHub stars
- ★ 0

Overview
Krita is a professional, open-source painting program from KDE, made by artists who want affordable art tools for everyone. It's used for illustration, concept art, comics and animation.
What it does well
Krita has many brush types for different styles, layers, drawing assistants and stabilizers, and animation tools. You can extend it with resources and plugins. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, and recent releases added video export on Android.
Why it’s in the collection
Krita is one of the strongest open-source tools for digital painting, with a long track record and an active artist community. It's GPL-licensed.
On GitHub
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 0
- Repository
- KDE/krita
Languages
- C++ 90.1%
- Python 3%
- C 2%
- Other 4.9%
Compared with
Adobe PhotoshopAdobe's image editing and painting software.
ProcreateCommercial painting app for iPad.
Clip Studio PaintCommercial illustration and comics app.
See every open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop in the collection.



