Open Source Microsoft Paint Alternatives
Being bundled with every version of Windows in recent memory, Paint is a basic option, but its tools are usually enough to get the job done, so long as that job is basic image and graphics editing.
There are plenty of free options available across every major operating system and device form factor that offer more feature-rich experiences, such as layer support and support for extensions and plugins.
- 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 withith concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics. View 131 alternatives to Krita
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vincentasmargis I was looking for a program that could convert a .JPG file into .ico,and Krita did just that.Paint is a far smaller and more limited program than Krita. While Krita can probably do everything Paint can, it can do so much more that to use it as an alternative would be absurdly unwieldy.No, Paint is far smaller and more limited program than Krita. Krita can do much more than Paint, so using it as an alternative would be absurdly unwieldy. - MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices. View 116 alternatives to MyPaint
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There is no selection tool, which is what i need. - Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET . View 108 alternatives to Pinta
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Similar options like mspaint. If you come from windows, install and work.Pinta Has all the tool necessary for a quick manipulation, like paste screenshots, cut, paste, resize, etc...Simple interface with powerful tools - 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. View 31 alternatives to KolourPaint
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Easy to use with more functions.UsernameUn Best alternative for Linux with KDE environment.Simple, lightweight and easy. Do exactly what mspaint does, but better. - Raster & vector graphic editor with many tools and filters, written in Lazarus (Free Pascal). Portable, 32bit (under 3mb) & 64bit (3.55mb) versions, ORA format & 16384x16384 image support. In app 3D import & rendering. View 34 alternatives to LazPaint
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Really lightweight and fast, has a lot of additional features but is neat, making it powerful but not complicated (looking at you, Gimp). It would count closer to a Paint.NET replacement in my opinion. Though if you have this why would you ever want a normal MS Paint clone? - Photoflare is a cross-platform image editor with an aim to balance between powerful features and a very friendly graphical user interface. View 13 alternatives to PhotoFlare
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clembeb Photoflare is more powerfull than microsoft paint but below a full featured program like Gimp. With the simple and intuitive UI, you can make basic edits, like crop an image, add text, annotate, draw, change contrast... - Lightweight portable BSD licensed photo editor for Windows focused on performance and usability. View 16 alternatives to PhotoDemon
- This application is a basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop. PNG, JPEG and BMP files are supported. View 12 alternatives to Drawing
- Online graphics editing tool use HTML5 technologies like Canvas, Offline support, Drag and Drop. View 28 alternatives to miniPaint
- Pixelitor is a cross-platform raster graphics editor written in Java. It supports image filters, drawing, layers, multiple undo, etc. View 111 alternatives to Pixelitor
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