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

The best open source alternative to Tux Paint is GIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Tux Paint and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Tux Paint are MyPaint, Our Paint, GCompris and DPaint JS.

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  1. GIMP icon
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    Free open-source suite offering advanced photo retouching, image composition, original artwork creation, batch processing, plugin support, custom scripting, mass image format conversion, and integration with free publishing tools for comprehensive editing solutions.

    198 GIMP alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    • AppImage
     
  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.

    132 MyPaint alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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.

    15 GCompris alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • KDE Plasma
     
  5. Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets, or offers them a chance to explore the asteroid belt with only their factoring abilities to bring them through safely!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. scri.ch icon
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    scri.ch is a hackable, open source and minimal drawing tool. Learn more about tips and hacks on http://about.scri.ch/

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. Paintbrush icon
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    Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. QAquarelle icon
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    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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