Krita Alternatives

Krita is a free sketching and painting program for creating concept art, texture and matte paints, illustrations and comics.

The first thing to remember is that Krita is a 2D paint application while other programs such as Photoshop are designed for image manipulation. This means that the other programs may have more features than Krita in general- but Krita has tools that are relevant to digital painting. The tools are designed for concept art, creating comics, and textures. If you use a feature that isn't listed, make a quick video tutorial and let us know. We'll put it up to share with everyone. Read more.

Alternative apps to Krita:

62 votes
Paint.NET 5.0.1

An easy-to-use image and photo manipulation application.
- Freeware
- Windows
35 votes
FireAlpaca 2.9.1

Free digital painting software for Mac and Windows.
- Freeware
- Windows/macOS
42 votes
GIMP 2.10.32

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. A freely distributed photo retouching, image composition and image authoring program.
- Freeware
- Windows/macOS/Linux
6545 votes
Adobe Photoshop CS2

Photoshop CS2 pushes the envelope with powerful features and simplified workflows that provide photographers and creative professionals the freedom to deliver stunning images.
- Commercial
- Windows/macOS
24 votes
Gimp Portable 2.10.32

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. A freely distributed photo retouching, image composition and image authoring program.
- Freeware
- Windows
24 votes
Inpaint 9.2.1

Magically Remove Elements From Your Photos.
- Free to Try
- Windows/macOS
88 votes
Speedy Painter 3.6.6

Speedy Painter is an OpenGL based painting software for Windows. It supports Wacom digitizers to vary size and opacity of brush strokes according to pen pressure.
- Freeware
- Windows
11 votes
MyPaint 2.0.1

MyPaint is a fast and easy open-source graphics application for digital painters. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it.
- Freeware
- Windows
3.6 /5

5 votes
LazPaint 7.2.2

Free cross-platform image editor with layers and vector shapes, written in Lazarus (Free Pascal).
- Freeware
- Windows/macOS
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0 votes
PhotoWorks 15

Powerful and easy to use photo editor for PC.
- Free to Try
- Windows
4 /5

2 votes
MS Paint

MS Paint is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows.
- Freeware
- Windows

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