Tux Paint AlternativesDigital Painting Tools and other similar apps like Tux Paint

Tux Paint is described as 'Free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging' and is a digital painting tool in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Tux Paint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Tux Paint alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other Tux Paint like games are MyPaint, Microsoft Paint, FireAlpaca and Our Paint.

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  1. GIMP icon
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    GIMP delivers powerful functionalities for photo retouching, image composition, and format conversion. As a versatile tool, it serves as both a simple paint program and a high-end retouching suite, and offers batch processing for mass image tasks in an accessible open-source platform.

    190 GIMP alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
     
  2. MyPaint icon
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    MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.

    127 MyPaint alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. Microsoft Paint icon
     179 likes

    Windows-bundled image editor for basic painting and raster editing tasks, supporting bitmap, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. Offers layer support, offline access, no registration, and dark mode. Lightweight and ad-free, ensuring minimal resource use.

    125 Microsoft Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. FireAlpaca icon
     89 likes

    FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users!

    124 FireAlpaca alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Our Paint icon
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    Our Paint is a featureless but programmable painting program.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • itch.io
     
  6. GCompris icon
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    GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.

    14 GCompris alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • KDE Plasma
     
  7. Glimpse is an open source image editor based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The goal is to experiment with new ideas and expand the use of free software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. DPaint JS icon
     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Roxio Creator icon
     7 likes

    Comprehensive multimedia suite with over 20 integrated applications offering disc burning, video capture and editing, photo editing, file conversion, DVD authoring, and encryption, ensuring versatile media management and online sharing capabilities.

    320 Roxio Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Paint a File icon
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    Paint and export your drawings as GIF, Video, Image, PDF, SVG, DOCX, PPTX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Kid Pix icon
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    Kid Pix is a bitmap drawing program aimed at children.

    7 Kid Pix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Kid Pix vs Tux Paint Comments
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    Sure it'll cost a good and pretty dime, but it's super packed with features! Studio Deluxe was my go to when I had dial-up (Internet was research only for me until graduation) and almost everything was available without the disc! I just wish I could afford it again.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Kid Pix is Paid and ProprietaryTux Paint is Free and Open Source
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