Software · Photo & graphics

paint.software

An open-source clone of Paint.NET (paint.net) for Linux — a C++/Qt6 image editor with layers, effects and adjustments. Contributions welcome.

Completely free
Linux
Open source
No account

Overview

paint.software 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

“An open-source clone of Paint.NET (paint.net) for Linux — a C++/Qt6 image editor with layers, effects and adjustments.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“It aims to be a familiar, lightweight Paint.NET alternative with layers, blend modes, selections, effects and adjustments — all native, with no .NET runtime required.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of paint.software is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

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) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 10 November 2026
Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub Univers4craft/paint.software (MIT)

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