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MyPaint

 380 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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • CH flagSwitzerland

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • PortableApps.com
4.1 / 5 Avg rating (17)
380likes
18comments
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Distraction-free

Features

  1.  Sketching
  2.  Support for Layers
  3.  Infinite canvas
  4.  Portable
  5.  Fullscreen support
  6.  Drawing Tablet Support
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No registration required
  9.  Custom Brushes
  10.  Color blending

 Tags

  • ink
  • free-hand-painting

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    crow-man added MyPaint as alternative to Imagetopixel.Art
    14 days ago
  • hced reviewed MyPaint  
    24 days ago

    Pretty damn good, actually. I love its clean interface. Great companion to Krita.

  • wild and thesuncitywitch liked MyPaint
    about 1 month ago
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    photovariants added MyPaint as alternative to Photo Variants
    3 months ago
  • asterryplace and Agibi liked MyPaint
    3 months ago
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    Gaian_Aqua_Killdeer added MyPaint as alternative to ibis Paint X
    3 months ago
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    POX added MyPaint as alternative to Canvas Max
    3 months ago
  • y2kay liked MyPaint
    5 months ago
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MyPaint information

  • Developed by

    CH flagMartin Renold
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1 (17 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    121 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

Photos & Graphics

GitHub repository

  •  2,796 Stars
  •  402 Forks
  •  226 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 17, 2025 
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Our users have written 18 comments and reviews about MyPaint, and it has gotten 380 likes

MyPaint was added to AlternativeTo by gyorgyjano on May 28, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 28, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: MyPaint is well-regarded for its simplicity and effectiveness in sketching, excelling with its brush engine and infinite canvas. It's especially suited for artists transitioning from traditional to digital media, with its intuitive design and traditional media simulation. However, it lacks advanced editing tools and some users face compatibility issues on certain systems, like Mac. While generally positive, some criticize its speed and limited feature set for more comprehensive editing tasks.
Top Positive Comment
burnhard
May 8, 2020
2

I'm really impressed by this app. It's very lightway but features all neccessary functions to make impressive artwork. Also the brushes are astounding. The perfect tool to make sketches or paintings with a very flat learning curve.

Top Negative Comment
tester86
Aug 7, 2023
-2

Pros: it's simple, fast-starting and the brushes work just as I expect them to. Cons: it's soooo slooow so I'm avoiding the use of some functions 'cause app hangs out. Keyboard shortcuts not working well. Right-click brings window's menu instead of color/brush adjuster.

hced
May 30, 2025
0

Pretty damn good, actually. I love its clean interface. Great companion to Krita.

JamesRobertson0
Oct 16, 2024
0

One of my favorite portable digital studio on the planet!

Timeship
Nov 30, 2020
1

My favorite portable digital studio on the planet!

dandv
Apr 6, 2020
1

This app is VERY SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT DRAWING.

This is NOT a general-purpose image editor.

You can't even select an area of an image, and people have been asking for that since 2016.

snipboyzw
Feb 2, 2019
0

hands down surpassed all my expectations. so many cool features. can pretty much work entirely in full screen thanks to amazing hotkey tools. example I really like the erase with current brush hot key, this gives your eraser a lot of possibilities. I have 10 brushes hotkeyed and can switch brushsets which means the sky is the limit. brush stroke engine is really nice, might take a little time to learn, but there are many awesome user created brushsets ready-made to choose from download and import. also the join key plus hold shift to make cool twisty 3D-like lines and the ellipses/circle tool, and easy straight lines on the fly. This delivers on so many levels and all for free! and there's even work being done to add perspective: see the forum "Testers wanted: perspective mode (early stages)"

[Edited by snipboyzw, February 02]

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What is MyPaint?

MyPaint is a fast painting program with an emphasis on full-screen use. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it. MyPaint supports pressure or tilt sensitive graphic tablets and comes with an easy-to-use brush collection. There is a complex interface for creating own brushes, focusing on brush dynamics (changes with speed, pressure, randomly).

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