Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

The current version of Krita is developed with Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5. It is designed primarily for concept artists, illustrators, matte and texture artists, and the VFX industry.

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.

Source Code Krita is a free and open source application. You are free to study, modify, and distribute Krita under GNU GPL v3 license. tarball Git (KDE Invent)

Krita is the only painting application that lets you open, save, edit and author HDR and scene-referred images. With OCIO and OpenEXR support, you can manipulate the view to examine …

May 2, 2010 · Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

Sep 23, 2025 · Krita is a full-featured digital painting application designed for artists. Whether you create illustrations, comics, animations, concept art or storyboards – Krita will be a powerful …

Donate to Krita Foundation Donate Share artwork and ask questions on the forum: Krita Artists forum Watch videos to learn about new brushes and techniques: Krita YouTube channel

Tutorials and How-tos ¶ Learn through developer and user generated tutorials to see Krita in action.

Dec 10, 2025 · Krita is a free sketching and painting program for creating concept art, texture and matte paints, illustrations and comics.