Open Source AzPainter AlternativesDigital Painting Tools & Image Editors like AzPainter

The best open source alternative to AzPainter is GIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to AzPainter and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to AzPainter are Krita, Pinta, MyPaint and ItsPaint.

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  1. GIMP icon
     4880 likes

    Free open-source suite offering advanced photo retouching, image composition, original artwork creation, batch processing, plugin support, custom scripting, mass image format conversion, and integration with free publishing tools for comprehensive editing solutions.

    235 GIMP alternatives

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flatpak
    • AppImage
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  2. Krita icon
     1514 likes

    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.

    175 Krita alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
    • PortableApps.com
    • Epic Games Store
    • F-Droid
    • AppImage
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  3. Pinta icon
     287 likes

    Pinta is a image editing, drawing and painting application with a simple yet powerful interface. Pinta has a wide range of drawing tools, including: freehand, rectangles, circles and lines. It also has over 35 effects to apply to your images, and also has the ability to create...

    106 Pinta alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Mono
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  4. MyPaint icon
     397 likes

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

    147 MyPaint alternatives

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    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. ItsPaint icon
     11 likes

    MS Paint for the Mac. Native, free and open source: blank canvas at any size, drop one image onto another, crop, and mark up screenshots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  6. Pixelitor icon
     30 likes

    Open source image editor with non-destructive editing, 110+ filters, adjustment and text layers, support for smart objects and adjustment layers, cross-platform compatibility, and layer-based editing for flexible image composition.

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    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. Capy Canvas icon
     3 likes

    Capy Canvas is a cross-platform app for sketching, illustration, and photography, with a powerful GPU-accelerated painting engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPad
    • Flatpak
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  8. KolourPaint icon
     43 likes

    KolourPaint is a simple painting program to quickly create raster images. It is useful as a touch-up tool and for simple image editing tasks.

    45 KolourPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  9. Paint.RS icon
     2 likes

    This is a cross-platform reimplementation of Paint.NET, designed with full feature parity including dozens of ported plugins. On top of that, it adds its own features like Snap, healing and editable text, it also supports plugins from Photocraft and Lightcraft.

    17 Paint.RS alternatives

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    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. Paint.JS icon
     1 like

    Paint.JS is a cross-platform, raster graphics editor written in JavaScript. It’s a port of Paint.NET v3, bringing the best Windows painting tool to macOS, Linux, and the web via Electron and the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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  11. Npainter icon
     4 likes

    NPainter is a free fast and simple painting software created from scratch. the most important goal is provide a powerful and lightweight tool for beginner and amateur art artists as well semi-professional artists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • itch.io
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