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Krita

Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks.

Install / Use

/learn @KDE/Krita
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

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| CI Name | Master | Stable | Release | | ------------------- | ---------------- | ------ | ------- | | Pipeline | pipeline status | pipeline status | Latest Release |

Note: Nightly builds are not covered by this table atm

Krita is a free and open source digital painting application. It is for artists who want to create professional work from start to end. Krita is used by comic book artists, illustrators, concept artists, matte and texture painters and in the digital VFX industry.

If you are reading this on GitHub, be aware that this is just a mirror. Our real code repository is provided by KDE: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita.git

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Repository Status

For branch: master

| Freeze type | Status | |----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Feature Freeze | freeze, features are not allowed | | String Freeze | freeze, strings are not allowed |

User Manual

https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual.html

Development Notes and Build Instructions

Please follow the online documentation.

Other developer guides, notes and wiki:

https://docs.krita.org/en/untranslatable_pages.html

Apidox:

https://api.kde.org/legacy/krita/html/index.html

Bugs and Wishes

https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&list_id=1315444&product=krita&query_format=advanced

Discussion Forum

  • https://krita-artists.org/

IRC channel

Most of the developers hang out here. If you are interested in helping with the project this is a great place to start.

libera.chat, #krita

Project Website

https://www.krita.org

Nightly builds

Unstable

  • https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/graphics/krita/master/

Stable

  • https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/graphics/krita/krita-5.2/

Developers builds

Linux build with debug symbols in Qt and Krita
  1. Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
  2. Search for the latest linux-debug-weekly job
  3. Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
  4. Download the AppImage
Linux build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
  1. Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
  2. Search for the latest linux-asan-weekly job
  3. Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
  4. Download the AppImage
  5. Set up environment variable for ASAN:
        export ASAN_OPTIONS=new_delete_type_mismatch=0:detect_leaks=0
    
  6. Run the AppImage in the modified environment
Windows build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
  1. Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
  2. Search for the latest windows-asan-weekly job
  3. Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
  4. Download the .zip file
  5. Open terminal
  6. Set up environment variable for ASAN:
        set ASAN_OPTIONS=new_delete_type_mismatch=0:detect_leaks=0
    
  7. Change working directory to c:\path\where\you\downloaded\krita-5.3.0-prealpha-git12345\bin. That is important, otherwise ASAN will not be able to locate llvm-symbolizer.exe and the backtraces generated by ASAN will not contain proper symbols.
        cd c:\path\where\you\downloaded\krita-5.3.0-prealpha-git12345\bin
    
  8. Run krita
        krita.com
    

License

Krita as a whole is licensed under the GNU Public License, Version 3. Individual files may have a different, but compatible license.

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GitHub Stars9.5k
CategoryDevelopment
Updated3h ago
Forks757

Languages

C++

Security Score

95/100

Audited on Apr 2, 2026

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