KolourPaint is a free desktop painting program for creating raster images and making quick touch-ups or simple edits. Its drawing tools include lines, rectangles, rounded rectangles, ovals, polygons, curves and text. For editing, it has a color picker, selections, rotation, monochrome conversion and other effects. The handbook also documents tools such as a brush, eraser, flood fill, pen and spraycan, alongside effects including autocrop, emboss, flip, invert, mirror, grayscale, resize and soften or sharpen. The listed price is 0.00 USD per free. KDE lists Linux and macOS platforms. Linux installation options include Discover and other AppStream stores, distribution package managers and Flathub. For macOS, KDE lists nightly installers for ARM and Intel Macs; these are testing builds from the latest development branch. The product page lists BSD-2-Clause, LGPL-2.0+ and GFDL-1.2 licenses. KDE links to the KolourPaint Handbook, a community forum, and bug-reporting and bug-list pages.
Who it is for
KolourPaint suits people who need a simple desktop tool for raster drawing, touch-ups or basic image edits. It is available to Linux users and, through testing nightly installers, macOS users.
What is good
- Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free.
- Includes drawing tools and a color picker.
- Handbook documents a range of image effects.
- Linux installation options include Flathub and package managers.
What to know first
- macOS installers are nightly testing builds.
- Free trial is not available.
Verdict
KolourPaint covers everyday raster drawing and basic edits with a range of documented tools and effects. macOS users should note that the listed installers are testing builds.
KolourPaint plans and pricing
All plansCompared on digital painting software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Supported platforms
- Linux, macOS
