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choco install tux-paint - Flathub
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About Tux Paint
Tux Paint is a drawing program made for young children and used in schools around the world for computer literacy lessons. It pairs a simple interface with sound effects and a cartoon penguin mascot who guides children as they draw on a blank canvas with a range of tools.
Adults use it too, for nostalgia or for making glitch art with its many special effect tools. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Chromebooks with Android support and Haiku, with an unofficial iOS version.
Strengths
- Interface designed for young children
- Runs on many platforms, including Android and Haiku
- Widely used in classrooms
- Many special effect tools
Limitations
- Too simple for serious illustration or photo editing
- iOS version is unofficial
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Tux Paint contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Children learning to draw on a computer at home or in school
- Categories
- Image editors, Learning tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Tux Paint
Compare allSoftware that can replace Tux Paint 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 free, familiar Windows drawing app with simple tools, but it is closed source and not designed specifically for young children.
KolourPaint
A simple KDE paint program for quickly creating raster images and doing basic touch-ups.
KolourPaint is a free, open-source KDE paint program for quick sketches on Linux and macOS, with a general interface not designed specifically for young children.
JS Paint
Browser-based remake of classic MS Paint with extra features and an optional desktop app.
JS Paint is a free MIT-licensed MS Paint remake that runs in any browser, with no child-focused interface or special effect tools.
Kleki
A free painting tool that runs in the web browser for quick sketches and drawings.
Kleki is a free browser painting tool that opens straight into a canvas, requiring no install but lacking Tux Paint's child-oriented design and special effect tools.
Sumo
Browser-based suite of creative apps for painting, photo editing, music, audio, 3D and coding.
Sumo is a freemium browser suite with a painting app of over 300 brushes plus music and coding tools, working on Chromebooks but 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 a free MIT-licensed editor for Windows, macOS and Linux with layers and effects, aimed at adults making quick edits rather than children drawing.
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