SketchBook Alternatives for Linux

SketchBook is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SketchBook and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SketchBook are MyPaint, FireAlpaca, HEAVYPAINT and Gimp Paint Studio.

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SketchBook alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools, but if you're looking for Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Windows + Free, Windows, Free and Kindle Fire. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to SketchBook.
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  1. Krita icon

    Krita

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    Free, open-source painting software designed by artists for artists. Offers customizable UI, 9 brush engines, color management, tablet support, non-destructive editing, and privacy features. Portable and available on major platforms, supporting seamless texture creation.

    142 Krita alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • KDE Plasma
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    • F-Droid
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    It has lots of features great for digital painters. To all you Linux users out there, I recommend this amazing app.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Krita is a great SketchBook alternative.

    • Krita is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to SketchBook.

    • Krita is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SketchBook.

    • Krita is Free and Open SourceSketchBook is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Krita is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedSketchBook is not according to our users
  2. MyPaint icon

    MyPaint

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    MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.

    126 MyPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    The pencil tool is like drawing on paper.

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    it has good and innovative brushes. The interface is also easy to use and very adaptable. There is no text tool though.

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    not the same amount of tablet-interaction i.e. in sketchbook you can use the pen to quickly zoom in-out but MyPaint needs you to go to the view tab. Also MyPaint lacks a 'fill' tool which is important for time saving in my work.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think MyPaint is a great SketchBook alternative.

    • MyPaint is Free and Open SourceSketchBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. FireAlpaca icon

    FireAlpaca

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    FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users!

    122 FireAlpaca alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. HEAVYPAINT icon

    HEAVYPAINT

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    A simple yet secretly powerful painting app! Focus on pure colors and shapes with a streamlined interface. Ideal for plein air painting, color notes, sketches and studies.

    32 HEAVYPAINT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. Gimp Paint Studio icon

    Gimp Paint Studio

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    GPS (aka Gimp Paint Studio) is a collection of brushes, patterns, color gradients, accompanying tool presets and dynamics. Tool presets are a simply saved tool options, highly useful feature of the GIMP.

    74 Gimp Paint Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GIMP
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    heard great things about this application but never really went into it as far as krita or mypaint due to wonky pen responsiveness but like krita this is a photoshop alternative

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    • Gimp Paint Studio is Free and Open SourceSketchBook is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. QAquarelle icon

    QAquarelle

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    Qaquarelle is a very young opensource Qt4-based painting application that is supposed to provide a native way of painting with emulated traditional instruments, including watercolor simulation, full support for tablets and OpenGL-based processing in GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. InfiniPaint icon

    InfiniPaint

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    InfiniPaint is a collaborative, infinite space, infinite zoom, canvas note-taking/drawing app. Unlike many other infinite canvas apps, although there is a specific zoom-in level limit, there is no zoom-out limit (at least up until the point your computer runs out of memory).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
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    Gpaint

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    gpaint (aka GNU Paint), a small-scale painting program for GNOME, the GNU Desktop Environment. gpaint does not attempt to compete with GIMP, it is just a simple drawing package based on xpaint, along the lines of Microsoft Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. imEditor icon

    imEditor

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    ImEditor is a simple image editor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO file types. It offers several tools to easily modify an image.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. HeliosPaint icon

    HeliosPaint

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    HeliosPaint is a freeware paint program for creating and editing images. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix and is written in Sun Microsystem's Java programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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