Krita
Free and open-source digital painting software designed for professional and amateur artists
- Also known as
- krita
Available worldwide
What is Krita?
A GPL-licensed painting application that provides professional-grade creative tools including brushes, layers, animation support, and color management. Designed to be accessible and affordable for artists of all skill levels.
Krita pricing
We don't have Krita's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source. Optional donations and paid versions on app stores support development.
What Krita does
The capabilities that matter for design & creative software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Raster / photo editing
- ✓
- Vector illustration
- ✓
- DTP / page layout
- -
- Digital painting
- ✓
- Platform breadth
- -
- CMYK / print production
- -
- PSD / AI import
- ✓
- Real-time collaboration / cloud
- -
- Generative AI features
- -
- Plugin / template ecosystem
- Python scripting and C++ extension API
- Pricing model
- Open-source (free)
- Free / open-source available
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- macOS
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- G'Mic
Krita alternatives
Other design & creative software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Affinity PhotoProfessional photo editing without subscription costslow · 38%
- Affinity DesignerCross-platform design application for vector and raster graphicslow · 38%
- Affinity PublisherPage layout application combining typography, image editing, and vector graphics capabilitieslow · 4%
- CanvaAn online tool for creating and publishing visual designs without requiring specialized design skillsmedium · 73%
- darktablemedium · 60%
- PhotopeaBrowser-based image editor that processes files locally without uploadsmedium · 52%
Compare Krita
Side by side against other design & creative software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Krita, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.07 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.08 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open_source · Psd ai import: Yes · Free available: Yes · Raster editing: Yes · Digital painting: Yes · Plugin ecosystem: Python scripting and C++ extension API | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75% |