Monthly Report - June 2026

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Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month.

Development Report

Krita 5.3.2.1/6.0.2.1 Released

A 5.3.2.1/6.0.2.1 hotfix release was made to fix two serious regressions.

First, a layer-related problem causing issues like the wrong layer being selected or crashes was fixed. This reverts the behavior of the layer being changed on keyframe selection. (bug 1, bug 2, bug 3; change)

Second, a crash when inserting or removing hold frames was fixed. (bug; change)

Developments in Krita Plus

Android Donations Overhaul

On Krita downloaded from the Android Google Play store, it was possible to purchase a supporter badge as a way of donating to the project.

For the next release, Carsten has overhauled this into the ability to purchase supporter packs (change). These supporter packs will let you download resource bundles with brushes, templates, and more directly inside Krita, as a convenience compared to manually importing them. There is also a subscription, managed through Google Play, which will give access to all of the offered resource bundles.

As with all official store versions of Krita, the money will go towards supporting Krita's development, and none of Krita's features will be locked behind a paywall. Krita on the Google Play store remains free, and offers the same APKs as available on the official website.

Other Features and Fixes

On Android, a prompt to adjust the interface scale will now be shown on first startup, and it can be changed later in Settings → Change Interface Scale. (change by Carsten Hartenfels)

Multiple layers selected with Ctrl+click are no longer deselected when using the Transform Tool (bug; change by Luna Lovecraft). An issue where no layer was selected when deleting the top layer of a document and opening a new view on it was fixed (bug; change by Gregg Jansen van Vuren).

An issue where the buttons of the Selection Actions Bar and Assistant Tool panel could render entirely black, and an issue where Reference Images could cause slowdown, were fixed. (change by Wolthera van Hövell)

Invert Selection no longer selects a larger area than it should. (bug; change by Ricky Ringler)

Crashes went undoing creating a text and then making a new text shape, and when undoing multiple shapes, were fixed. (bug 1, bug 2; change 1, change 2 by Elena Sagalaeva)

A keyboard shortcut assigned to the Rotate or Zoom Canvas canvas inputs no longer crashes when used. (bug; change by Agata Cacko)

Developments in Krita Next

Exporting Recorder Timelapses on Android

Previously, Krita on Android could not render video, as it's not possible to run an external FFmpeg as is done on other platforms.

However, Carsten has found a way to instead use Android's built-in MediaEncoder to render the Recorder's timelapses (change). This is also planned to be implemented for rendering animation in the future.

Other Features and Fixes

Various other features and fixes have made their way into the Unstable builds.

The Wide Gamut Color Selector now has the saved color history feature where the color history is remembered on restart and can be saved into the document. This is part of the effort to make it a replacement for the Advanced Color Selector. (change by Wolthera van Hövell)

The Histogram Docker now scales the histogram based on the maxiumum value, and has a button to show it in logarthimic scale. (change by Wolthera van Hövell)

In the Transform Tool's Free transform mode, holding Ctrl for perspective and then letting go of Ctrl now activates a camera height adjustment mode. (change by Ralek Kolemios)

Future Developments

Testing Needed: Updated Library Dependencies

The team has been working on updating the various libraries Krita depends on for things such as file format support to newer versions. These updated dependencies need testing before they can be merged to the main builds, so check out the library updates forum topic for test packages if you want to help!

Community Report

May 2026 Monthly Art Challenge Results

The winner of the "Animals and Patterns" challenge is…

Magnolia Horse by npc
Magnolia Horse by npc

Join This Month's Art Challenge!

For June's theme, last month's winner has chosen "Something Unexpected", with the optional challenge of using filters.

This month's featured forum artwork, as voted in the Best of Krita-Artists - April/May 2026:

Hornet meets the Moss mother by desenhunos
Hornet meets the Moss mother by desenhunos
A ruin at night by Alexandre_Perrot
A ruin at night by Alexandre_Perrot
A cursed forest by Alexandre_Perrot
A cursed forest by Alexandre_Perrot
Waterly landscape by usamafirdous
Waterly landscape by usamafirdous
Cherry Blossoms by Aglow
Cherry Blossoms by Aglow

Participate in next month's nominations and voting to voice your opinion on the Best of Krita-Artists - May/June 2026.

Krita is Free - But You Can Contribute!

Krita is free to use and modify, but it can only exist with the contributions of the community. A small sponsored team alongside volunteer programmers, artists, writers, testers, translators, and more from across the world keep development going.

If this software has value to you, consider donating to the Krita Development Fund. Or Get Involved and put your skills to use making Krita and its community better!

Krita's mascot Kiki putting money in a piggy bank

Additional Changes

Krita Plus (Stable, 5.3.3/6.0.3-prealpha):

Krita Next (Unstable, 5.4.0/6.1.0-prealpha):

Nightly Builds

These pre-release versions of Krita are built every day.

Note that there are currently no Qt6 builds for Android.

Get the latest bugfixes in Stable Krita Plus (5.3.3/6.0.3 prealpha): Linux Qt6 Qt5 — Windows Qt6 Qt5 — macOS Qt6 Qt5 — Android arm64 Qt5 – Android arm32 Qt5 – Android x86_64 Qt5

Or test out the latest Experimental features in Krita Next (5.4.0/6.1.0-prealpha). Feedback and bug reports are appreciated!: Linux Qt6 Qt5 — Windows Qt6 Qt5 — macOS Qt6 Qt5 — Android arm64 Qt5 – Android arm32 Qt5 – Android x86_64 Qt5