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Pixelitor

Pixelitor is a photo editing program, available on Linux: layers and blend modes, non-destructive editing.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Pixelitor is a photo editing program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: layers and blend modes, non-destructive editing.

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
  • “Pixelitor is an open source image editor that supports layers, masks, many filters, unlimited undo etc.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Pixelitor is an open source image editor that supports layers, masks, many filters, unlimited undo etc.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Pixelitor is an open source image editor with an intuitive interface and with a special emphasis on non-destructive editing.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

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
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Few recent updates

About

Pixelitor is an advanced image editor with support for layers, layer masks, text layers, multiple undo, blending modes, cropping, Gaussian blurring, unsharp masking, histograms, etc. It has more than 110 image filters and color adjustments, some of which are unique to Pixelitor. Some of the gradients are unique to Pixelator.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • 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) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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