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Corel Painter vs MyPaint: catalog facts
Corel Painter	MyPaint
Paid Commercial software with a free trial and separate business and education licensing.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS	Windows, Linux
Natural media brush simulation for painting Free trial available	Infinite canvas with no fixed document size to plan around Extremely configurable brushes with full graphics tablet support
Current version dates from 2023 Proprietary and paid	Last stable release was 2.0.1 in 2020; newer work is only in nightly builds Windows and Linux only in official builds; no macOS release
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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