KolourPaint
A simple KDE paint program for quickly creating raster images and doing basic touch-ups.
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Package managers
- Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.kde.kolourpaint
About KolourPaint
KolourPaint is a straightforward painting program from the KDE community for making raster images quickly. It is meant for touch-ups and simple editing jobs rather than complex photo work.
It can draw lines, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals, polygons, curves and text, and includes a color picker, selections, rotation, monochrome conversion and other effects. It is available on Linux through distribution package managers and Flathub, with a macOS build also listed. New versions arrive regularly with KDE's release schedule.
Strengths
- Quick to start and easy to learn
- Covers basic shapes, text, selections and effects
- Regular releases with the KDE Gear schedule
Limitations
- Not suited to advanced photo editing or layered work
- Primarily a Linux application
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source from the KDE community.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- KDE
- Platforms
- macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Quick sketches, annotations and simple image fixes on a Linux desktop
- Categories
- Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to KolourPaint
Compare allSoftware that can replace KolourPaint for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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 necessarily 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.
