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NekoPhoto

NekoPhoto, An Open-source image editor with PSD interoperability, Photoshop/Clip Studio/Procreate brush support, native vectors, smart selections and more.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

NekoPhoto is a photo editing program, available on Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository: layers and blend modes.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “NekoPhoto, An Open-source image editor with PSD interoperability, Photoshop/Clip Studio/Procreate brush support, native vectors, smart selections and more.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “A kawaii photo editor and painting app for Linux and Windows that opens your Photoshop and Clip Studio files with their layers, masks and text intact, paints with your own brushes, and saves back to layered PSD.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “A kawaii photo editor and painting app for Linux and Windows that opens your Photoshop and Clip Studio files with their layers, masks and text intact, paints with your own brushes, and saves back to layered PSD.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

NekoPhoto is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub vomitselfie/NekoPhoto (GPL-3.0-only)

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