KolourPaint

6.6easy start · #13 of 45
in Digital Painting Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on Linux, Mac.

KolourPaint is ranked #13 of 45 in digital painting software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS. There is a free plan.

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KolourPaint Free Desktop application · Linux via app stores or distribution package managers · macOS nightly installers listed apps.kde.org · 4 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux, macOS

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The record

Purpose: KolourPaint is a simple painting program for quickly creating raster images and handling touch-ups and simple image editing.
Drawing tools: It supports lines, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals, polygons, curves and text.
Editing tools: It includes a color picker, selections, rotation, monochrome conversion and other advanced effects.
Linux installation: The KDE page lists Linux installation through Discover and other AppStream stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub.
macOS availability: The KDE page lists macOS as another platform and provides nightly installers for both ARM and Intel Macs.
Testing builds: KDE describes nightly installers as testing versions generated from the latest development branch.
License: The product page lists BSD-2-Clause, LGPL-2.0+ and GFDL-1.2 licenses.
Privacy: KDE's general software privacy policy says its software generally transfers no user-device information except through explicit user action, with some optional automated checks and opt-in telemetry in some applications.
Help: KDE links to the KolourPaint Handbook and a community forum for help.
Issue reporting: KDE provides a bug-report link and a bug-list link for KolourPaint.
Handbook tools: The handbook documents tools including brush, color picker, eraser, flood fill, line, pen, rectangles, selections, spraycan and text.
Handbook effects: The handbook lists image effects including autocrop, emboss, flip, invert, mirror, grayscale, resize, rotate and soften or sharpen.
Price from: Free

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Best Digital Painting Software in 2026#13 of 45

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Sources

apps.kde.org/kolourpaint/· checked 4 Oct 2026
kde.org/privacypolicy-apps/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.kde.org/stable_kf6/en/kolourpaint/kolourpaint/i· checked 4 Oct 2026