Krita
VerifiedFree open-source digital painting and animation software for artists
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- Starting price Free
- Free trial Not offered
- Best for Freelancers, Startups, SMEs
What is Krita?
Krita is a free and open-source painting program built by and for artists, offering digital illustration, concept art, comics, texture painting, and 2D animation tools. It provides a large brush engine library with customizable brushes, drawing assistants for perspective and symmetry, full color management including HDR and 16/32-bit channels, and frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning.
Developed by the Krita Foundation, a nonprofit based in the Netherlands, with contributions from the wider KDE community, Krita is licensed under the GNU GPL and remains free indefinitely. It is also distributed on Steam and the Microsoft Store for a small one-time fee that supports development, though the software itself is identical to the free download.
Key Features of Krita
Krita lists 8 documented features, including Extensive customizable brush engine library, Drawing assistants (perspective, symmetry, rulers) and Full color management with HDR and 16/32-bit support. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- Extensive customizable brush engine library
- Drawing assistants (perspective, symmetry, rulers)
- Full color management with HDR and 16/32-bit support
- Frame-by-frame animation with onion skinning
- Python scripting API for plugins and automation
- Layer management with blending modes
- PSD and OpenRaster file compatibility
- G'MIC filter plugin integration
Krita Pricing
Krita lists 2 plans, starting free and running to $9.99.
Steam / Microsoft Store
$9.99
One-time
Same software as the free download; purchase supports the Krita Foundation
Krita Specifications
Krita is available on Windows and macOS and has Android apps. It has a free plan.
- Deployment
- On Premises
- Billing cycle
- Onetime
- Desktop
- Windows
- macOS
- Mobile
- Android
- Languages
- English
- Built for
- Freelancers
- Startups
- SMEs
- Integrations
- Python scripting API, G'MIC plugin, PSD/ORA file compatibility
- Public API
- No
- Free trial
- No
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs in browser
- No
- Customisable
- Yes
- Website
- krita.org
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