Krita
Krita is a image editing product focused on digital painting.
Official product imagery
Krita screenshots
4 official images
Krita interface tour
Official interface overview showing the canvas, menu bar, toolbar, dockers, status bar, and a floating panel in a configured painting workspace.
Krita Manual · Krita Manual contributors (GNU Free Documentation License 1.3+)
Krita welcome screen
Official first-launch view for creating a new document or opening an existing image in Krita.
Krita Manual · Krita Manual contributors (GNU Free Documentation License 1.3+)
Krita new document dialog
Official new-document workflow showing document setup for a painting canvas before the artist begins work.
Krita Manual · Krita Manual contributors (GNU Free Documentation License 1.3+)
Krita animation timeline docker
Official animation workspace view focused on the timeline docker used to edit, organize, and preview hand-drawn animation frames.
Krita Manual · Krita Manual contributors (GNU Free Documentation License 1.3+)
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Alternatives to Krita
Capabilities guide the alternatives
Shared capabilities carry the most weight. Common use cases and categories come next, then audience, platform, deployment, integrations, pricing, and resource fit refine the order.
- Digital painting
- Customizable brush engines
- Brush stabilization
- Layer and mask editing
- Vector layers
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Storyboard creation
- Wrap-around painting
- Color-managed workflows
- Drawing assistant tools
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At a glance
The source product and its three nearest reviewed alternatives.
Supported; Not supported or offered; “Not applicable” means the capability does not meaningfully apply.
| Attribute | Krita |  Photoshop |  GIMP |  Affinity Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | Proprietary | GPL-3.0-or-later | Proprietary |
| Pricing | Free | Subscription | Free | Paid |
| Platforms | Desktop, Web | Windows, macOS, iPadOS, Web | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, iPadOS |
| Offline support | Supported | Limited or unavailable | Supported | Supported |
Reviewed attributes
Facts, inference, and editorial assessment are labelled separately with confidence and review dates.
| Attribute | Value | Basis | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Pricing | Free | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Platforms | Desktop, Web | editorial · medium | 2026-08-20 |
| Offline support | Supported | editorial · medium |
Capabilities
- • Digital painting
- • Customizable brush engines
- • Brush stabilization
- • Layer and mask editing
- • Vector layers
- • Frame-by-frame animation
- • Storyboard creation
- • Wrap-around painting
- • Color-managed workflows
- • Drawing assistant tools
Common uses
- • Digital painting