Clip Studio Paint Alternatives for Linux

Clip Studio Paint is not available for Linux but there are plenty of 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 100 alternatives to Clip Studio Paint and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Clip Studio Paint are PhotoSplice, MyPaint, OpenToonz and FireAlpaca.

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  1. Flipbook icon
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    Flipbook allows you to create hand-drawn animations with a simple, streamlined experience. It is designed to let you focus on your art. Colors are automatically saved inside the project and can be exported and imported to others. Images can be imported as frames into a project.

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. Darkly icon
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    Do you suffer from the oppressive sanity of rulers, guides, and nondestructive workflows? Break free with Darkly, home of happy accidents and beautiful catastrophes. Release your creativity from the bonds of logic. Madness isn't a bug, it's a feature.

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Online
    • AppImage
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  3. Capy Canvas icon
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    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

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPad
    • Flatpak
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  4. ArcBrush icon
     3 likes

    Build non-destructive image pipelines with 99 composable nodes. One graph produces every color variant, every format, every export, automatically.

    51 ArcBrush alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. Kala Paint icon
     3 likes

    Kala Paint is a powerful new painting software built to fully replace old subscription programs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  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
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  7. 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.

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    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. HeliosPaint icon
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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

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. imEditor icon
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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.

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    • Since 2019

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  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
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  11. Gpaint icon
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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 type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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