Alternatives to KolourPaint
A simple KDE paint program for quickly creating raster images and doing basic touch-ups. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
KolourPaint
A simple KDE paint program for quickly creating raster images and doing basic touch-ups.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as KolourPaint.
Microsoft Paint
Simple image editing and drawing app for Windows, distributed through the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft Paint is a similarly simple free drawing and editing app, but it runs only on Windows and is closed source.
Pinta
A small painting and image editor modelled on Paint.NET 3, and the closest thing to it on macOS and Linux.
Pinta is an MIT-licensed editor modelled on Paint.NET for Windows, macOS and Linux, adding layers, unlimited undo with history and live effect previews.
JS Paint
Browser-based remake of classic MS Paint with extra features and an optional desktop app.
JS Paint is an MIT-licensed MS Paint remake that runs in the browser or as a Linux desktop app, with a similarly simple toolset and no layers.
LazPaint
A free cross-platform image editor with raster and vector layers, similar to Paint.NET.
LazPaint is a free open-source cross-platform editor with raster and vector layers in the same image, offering more than KolourPaint's basic tools.
Paint.NET
A fast Windows image editor that sits between Microsoft Paint and a full photo suite.
Paint.NET is a free but closed-source Windows-only editor with layers, effects and a large plugin library, so it means leaving Linux and macOS.
PhotoFlare
Simple cross-platform image editor for quick edits and batch processing.
PhotoFlare is a free GPL-3.0 editor for Windows, macOS and Linux focused on quick edits with built-in batch processing, but without layers.
Tux Paint
A free, open-source drawing program designed for children aged 3 to 12.
Tux Paint is a free open-source drawing program designed for children aged 3 to 12, with special effect tools on many platforms.
GIMP
The long-running free image editor for photo retouching, compositing and general pixel work.
GIMP is a free open-source editor with full layers, masks, paths and scripting on Windows, macOS and Linux, much more capable but harder to learn.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Gwenview
KDE's image viewer for browsing collections of images, with simple editing and annotation tools.
Krita
A free digital painting program built for illustrators, with over a hundred brushes ready to use.
swappy
A Wayland native screenshot editing tool for annotating captures, inspired by Snappy on macOS.
Gradia
A GNOME app for annotating screenshots and adding backgrounds so they look good when shared.
