KDE / krita
Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks.
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Repository Summary (README)
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Krita is a free and open source digital painting application. It is for artists who want to create professional work from start to end. Krita is used by comic book artists, illustrators, concept artists, matte and texture painters and in the digital VFX industry.
If you are reading this on GitHub, be aware that this is just a mirror. Our real code repository is provided by KDE: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita.git
Repository Status
For branch: master
| Freeze type | Status |
|---|---|
| Feature Freeze | freeze, features are not allowed |
| String Freeze | freeze, strings are not allowed |
User Manual
https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual.html
Development Notes and Build Instructions
Please follow the online documentation.
Other developer guides, notes and wiki:
https://docs.krita.org/en/untranslatable_pages.html
Apidox:
https://api.kde.org/legacy/krita/html/index.html
Bugs and Wishes
Discussion Forum
IRC channel
Most of the developers hang out here. If you are interested in helping with the project this is a great place to start.
libera.chat, #krita
Project Website
Nightly builds
Unstable
Stable
Developers builds
Linux build with debug symbols in Qt and Krita
- Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
- Search for the latest
linux-debug-weeklyjob - Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
- Download the AppImage
Linux build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
- Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
- Search for the latest
linux-asan-weeklyjob - Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
- Download the AppImage
- Set up environment variable for ASAN:
export ASAN_OPTIONS=new_delete_type_mismatch=0:detect_leaks=0 - Run the AppImage in the modified environment
Windows build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
- Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
- Search for the latest
windows-asan-weeklyjob - Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
- Download the .zip file
- Open terminal
- Set up environment variable for ASAN:
set ASAN_OPTIONS=new_delete_type_mismatch=0:detect_leaks=0 - Change working directory to
c:\path\where\you\downloaded\krita-5.3.0-prealpha-git12345\bin. That is important, otherwise ASAN will not be able to locate llvm-symbolizer.exe and the backtraces generated by ASAN will not contain proper symbols.cd c:\path\where\you\downloaded\krita-5.3.0-prealpha-git12345\bin - Run krita
krita.com
License
Krita as a whole is licensed under the GNU Public License, Version 3. Individual files may have a different, but compatible license.