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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.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2017-01-18 · latest 2026-09-02

Mentions per year 4 mentions · busiest year 2017 (1)
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  1. …use it when something like Krita exists? It's always worked flawlessly on my linux machine (Mint). https://github.com/kde/krita
    comment by vunderba · 2026-09-02 · in Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux
  2. …Krita you are missing out. It's basically GIMP but unburdened by 30 years of legacy code. https://github.com/KDE/krita
  3. …One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Krita ( https://github.com/KDE/krita | https://krita.org/en/ ) is a more intuitive UX imo.
    comment by guntherhermann · 2022-11-30 · in GIMP Turns 27
  4. …shouldering most of the burden at the moment, as a quick look at the github mirror stats shows: https://github.com/KDE/krita/graphs/contributors For this year's fund raiser (not sure if it'll be a kickstarter again), the theme is going to…
    comment by boudewijnrempt · 2017-01-18 · in GIMP – 2016 in review