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Pinta
A painting and image editor modelled on Paint.NET, with layers, unlimited undo and live-preview effects.
MIT · Free download · Downloads from pinta-project.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- PintaProject
- Verified
- 2026
About Pinta
Pinta is a drawing and image editing program that started as an open-source take on Paint.NET and keeps a similar layout. It covers the everyday jobs: selections, crop, resize and rotate, brushes, text, clone stamp and magic wand, plus layers and an unlimited undo history. Adjustments and effects show a live preview while you change their settings.
It sits between a basic paint app and a full photo editor, which suits quick edits, simple illustrations and pixel art. Pinta is built with GTK, so it looks and behaves less like a native Mac app than some alternatives; the project publishes separate macOS builds for Intel and Apple Silicon.
Information
- Source code
- PintaProject/Pinta
- License
- MIT
- Website
- pinta-project.com
- Download
- pinta-project.com
- Homebrew
- pinta
- Category
- Design
- Alternative to
- Microsoft Paint, Paint.NET
- Topics
- Image editors
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/PintaProject/Pinta
- github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/blob/master/license-mit.txt
- www.pinta-project.com/releases/
- github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases
- icon.png: Pinta contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
License and artwork notices
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