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Krita
Krita is listed for: photo editor.
Where it stands
3.7 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.6 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Krita yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Krita?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Krita is a professional free and open source painting program. The page says: “Krita is a professional FREE and open source…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Photo editor
Measured signals
4.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Krita's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 350 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.6 / 5 · 28 commenters71% of the 28 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Krita; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I recommended Krita to my wife for digital drawing, and Krita stands ahead in the realm of "open source software that is usable by non-maintainers". Maintainers used loosely as people who participate in the community,…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“True, it would be ideal to include reviews etc but links to their portfolio are often good enough, and it further highlights the power of krita. If interested, contact me via my HN profile - I've done this before…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“which I think got you to do the proper setup of the Krita foundation to avoid any similar issue (which may have been quite some work and accountant fees). Thank you for your work, by the way. Krita is one of the things…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I now find myself using Photo and Designer instead of Krita/Gimp and Inkscape, because I'm more efficient with it as a non-expert user and because the .psd and .ai interop is better. I need to deal with one of those two…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Krita: A professional free and open source painting program (2023, 233 comments) · Krita Foundation in Trouble (2017, 226 comments) · Krita fund has no corporate support (2023, 216 comments) · ‘Goodbye Photoshop’ and ‘Hello Krita’ at University Paris 8 (2015, 197 comments)
- Free tier
- Krita is a professional free and open source painting program. The page says: “Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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