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Drawing vs mtPaint: catalog facts
Drawing	mtPaint
Free Free and open source under the GPL version 3, with optional donations.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Linux	Windows, Linux
Straightforward Paint-like tools for quick edits Several interface layouts for different desktops	Edits indexed palette and 24-bit RGB images Layers, channels and animation support
Only PNG, JPEG and BMP are supported Not suited to serious photo editing	Basic tools compared with full photo editors No release binaries published on the GitHub repository
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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