Open Source Clip Studio Paint Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Clip Studio Paint is Krita. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Clip Studio Paint and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Clip Studio Paint are PhotoSplice, MyPaint, OpenToonz and Storyboarder.

filter to find the best alternatives

Most Clip Studio Paint alternatives are Digital Painting Tools, but you can also narrow the list to Image Editors or Color Picker Tools. Other popular filters are Free, Open Source, Linux, Android Tablet and iPad.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Clip Studio Paint alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Capy Canvas icon
     3 likes

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

    42 Capy Canvas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPad
    • Flatpak
    Good alternative?
     
  2. DPaint JS icon
     5 likes

    Webbased image editor modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint with a focus on retro Amiga file formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  3. Seashore icon
     69 likes

    Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMPs technology and uses the same native file format.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  4. BitMappery icon
     3 likes

    A photo editing tool running inside your web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Online
    Good alternative?
     
  5. Ruwa icon
     3 likes

    Ruwa is a free and open-source desktop application for digital painting and illustration on Windows. It combines a focused, customizable interface with a flexible brush system designed for both simple sketching and more detailed artwork.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  6. 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
    Good alternative?
     
  7.  4 likes

    ChibiPaint is an open source oekaki applet, a software that allows people to draw and paint online and share the result with other art enthusiasts.

    • Filter, Tablet Pressure, Multiple Layers, Rotating Canvas, High-Quality Brushes...
    • Open Source.
    65 ChibiPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Vara icon
     1 like

    Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. It belongs to the group of applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features. The main focus is on simplicity.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Good alternative?
     
  9. imEditor icon
     1 like

    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

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  10. QAquarelle icon
     11 likes

    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

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  11. Gpaint icon
     9 likes

    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 type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
You are at page 2 of Clip Studio Paint alternatives