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 eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SketchBook are MyPaint, Gimp Paint Studio, QAquarelle and Gpaint.

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SketchBook alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools but may also be Image Editors or Photo Editors. Other popular filters includes Windows + Free. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SketchBook.

SketchBook

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Digital Painting Tool
Freemium • Proprietary

Sketchbook drawing software features an artist-friendly, gesture-based user interface that is so fast and intuitive even new users can be productive within minutes.

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SketchBook alternatives page was last updated Jul 7, 2024

Krita
Krita is a professional Free and open source (FOSS) painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone within concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.
148 Krita alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Digital Painting Tool
- Image Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android Tablet
- Epic Games Store
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
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Top Krita Features
1. Digital Drawing
2. Digital Painting
3. Blending brushes
4. Keyframe Animation
5. Drawing 2D
6. Advanced brush settings
7. Lightweight
8. Drawing Tablet Support
9. Digital-painting focused
10. Color blending
11. Sketching
12. Support for Layers
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Guest
It has lots of features great for digital painters. To all you Linux users out there, I recommend this amazing app.
Positive comment •Mar 6, 2019
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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 LightweightSketchBook is not according to our users

MyPaint
MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.
128 MyPaint alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Digital Painting Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
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Top MyPaint Features
1. Digital Painting
2. Sketching
3. Support for Layers
4. Infinite canvas
5. Distraction-free
6. Portable
7. Drawing Tablet Support
8. Fullscreen support
9. Ad-free
10. No registration required
11. Custom Brushes
12. Color blending
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Comments about MyPaint as an Alternative to SketchBook

Guest
The pencil tool is like drawing on paper.
Positive comment •Apr 22, 2017
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Guest
it has good and innovative brushes. The interface is also easy to use and very adaptable. There is no text tool though.
Positive comment •Jun 29, 2019
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Guest
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.
Negative comment •Apr 4, 2017
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- Most users think MyPaint is a great SketchBook alternative.
- MyPaint is Free and Open SourceSketchBook is Freemium and Proprietary

Gimp Paint Studio
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Digital Painting Tool
- Image Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- GIMP
Gimp Paint Studio Features
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Categories
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 2.0, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
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Comments about Gimp Paint Studio as an Alternative to SketchBook

Guest
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
Positive comment •Jan 19, 2021
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- Gimp Paint Studio is Free and Open SourceSketchBook is Freemium and Proprietary

QAquarelle
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.
70 QAquarelle alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Digital Painting Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
QAquarelle Features
Watercolor
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Discontinued
Latest vsersion: 0.0.4 from 2010-02-09. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/qaquarelle/files/
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Gpaint
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.
86 Gpaint alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Image Editor
- Digital Painting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Gpaint Features
Image Processing
Drawing 2D
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HEAVYPAINT
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.
29 HEAVYPAINT alternatives
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License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- Digital Painting Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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imEditor
ImEditor is a simple image editor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO file types. It offers several tools to easily modify an image.
84 imEditor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Image Editor
Platforms
- Linux
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HeliosPaint
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.
35 HeliosPaint alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Image Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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