Second Beta for Krita 5.0

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A bit later than planned -- after a year and a half of isolation meeting people spreads really bad colds -- we're releasing the second beta of Krita 5.0.0! The same warnings we gave with beta 1 still hold! There are still some showstoppers, but there we're also over 700 fixes closer to the final release.

This release also includes a reworked GPU accelerated canvas: especially on HiDPI screens and on macOS Krita should perform much better.

The new splash screen, by Tyson Tan

These are the most important fixes since Beta 1:

We will continue fixing issues that come in from testing the beta and the nightly builds so we can release a solid Krita 5.

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Download

Windows

If you're using the portable zip files, just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.

Note that we are not making 32 bits Windows builds anymore.

Linux

The separate gmic-qt appimage is no longer needed.

(If, for some reason, Firefox thinks it needs to load this as text: to download, right-click on the link.)

macOS

Note: if you use macOS Sierra or High Sierra, please check this video to learn how to enable starting developer-signed binaries, instead of just Apple Store binaries.

Android

The Android releases are made from the release tarball, so there are translations. We consider Krita on ChromeOS and Android still beta. There are many things that don't work and other things that are impossible without a real keyboard.

Source code

md5sum

For all downloads:

Key

The Linux appimage and the source .tar.gz and .tar.xz tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).

Like what we are doing? Help support us

Krita is a free and open source project. Please consider supporting the project with donations or by buying training videos or the artbook! With your support, we can keep the core team working on Krita full-time.

Donate Buy something