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Pinta

Pinta is a photo editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Pinta is a photo editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux. Other documented uses: drawing and digital painting.

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
  • “Pinta is a free, open-source painting and image editing program designed for simplicity and power.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Simple GTK# Paint Program” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Pinta 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

About

Pinta is a image editing, drawing and painting application with a simple yet powerful interface. Pinta has a wide range of drawing tools, including: freehand, rectangles, circles and lines. It also has over 35 effects to apply to your images, and also has the ability to create unlimited layers to help organize your creativity.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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