Free
Free
- One-time
- Free
- Verified
Krita has a free plan; it ranks #1 of 14 for 2D frame animation, as of 20 Sep 2026.
Krita
- Cheapest paid
- —
- Free plan
- Yes
- Best ranking
- #1 of 14 · 2D frame animation
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, ChromeOS
Plans
Capabilities
Assets
Motion and VFX
Painting and editing
Vector
Platform and workflow
Facts
- Free tier
- Yes — Free and open source (GPL)
- Commercial use on free tier
- Yes
- Opt out of AI training
- Yes
- Output licence
- Your artwork is yours; the software is GPL-3.0
- Works offline
- Yes
- Public API
- Yes
- Pricing source
- krita.org · verified
Release history
| Date | Version | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krita 5.3.4 Released! | Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.4 and 6.0.4, containing many bugfixes and improvements across the board. It also finally brings video exports to Android, which means you can now render animations and timelapses from the recorder. Apart from that, Arkady Flury has been improving Krita's icons at a st | source | |
| Monthly Report - August 2026 | Animation on Android and new Transform Tool and Color Sampler features? Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Krita 5.3.3 Released Krita 5.3.3 was released with various fixes as well as revamped Android supporter don | source | |
| Krita 5.3.3 Released! | Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.3 and 6.0.3, containing many bugfixes and improvements across the board. Android Donations and Supporter benefits On Android, version 5.3.3 lets you support Krita's development directly through the application. This goes through the Play Store, so if you have a device | source | |
| Monthly Report - July 2026 | Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Developments in Krita Plus Dependencies have been updated in the Qt5 builds (Krita 5.3.x). This updates many libraries Krita depends on for things like file format support. (chan | source | |
| Monthly Report - June 2026 | Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Krita 5.3.2.1/6.0.2.1 Released A 5.3.2.1/6.0.2.1 hotfix release was made to fix two serious regressions. First, a layer-related problem causing issues like the wrong layer being | source | |
| Shop update! New USB-Card | We've also created a new USB-card, with the newest stable version of Krita for all OSes. Includes Comics with Krita, Muses, Secrets of Krita and Animate with Krita tutorial packs. It's a 32 GB USB card with USB A and USB C connectors and the latest Kiki splash by Tyson Tan! If you just want the empt | source | |
| Krita 5.3.2.1 Released! | Hot on the heels of Krita 5.3.2, we're releasing Krita 5.3.2.1. 5.3.2 had a bug with the layer docker that was very pervasive, and could cause anything from unsynced layers to crashes to groups not behaving as they should. 5.3.2.1 fixes this. Furthermore, we also had some issues where the Windows pa | source | |
| Krita 5.3.2 Released! | Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.2 and 6.0.2. This release fixes a number of issues with the text tool, and improves the Selection Action Panel significantly. Furthermore, Android now handles resource copying in the background, preventing a common crash on startup. In addition to that, many more bugf | source | |
| Monthly Report - May 2026 | Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 is here. Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 Released Krita 5.3.2/6.0.2 was released, containing various bugfixes and improvements from the nearly two months since 5.3.1/6.0.1. F | source | |
| Monthly Report - April 2026 | Krita 5.3.0/6.0.0 is here, and 5.3.1/6.0.1 followed soon after. Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month. Development Report Krita 5.3.0/6.0.0 Released! Krita 5.3.0/6.0.0 has finally been released! However, some Windows users experienced s | source | |
| Krita 5.3.1.1 Released (Android-only) | Krita 5.3.1.1 is an Android-only fix for 5.3.1. It is exactly the same as Krita 5.3.1, but with two fixes: fixed a crash on Android 12 and older when trying to access any text controls fix stylus workarounds for Xiaomi and OnePlus to work properly Check out the release notes for a full overview of a | source |