Monthly Report - September 2026

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A new bugfix release, trackpad gestures on Wayland, and a new recorder option? Read on for a look at development news and the Krita-Artists forum's featured artwork from last month.

Krita 5.3.4/6.0.4 Released

Krita 5.3.4/6.0.4 was released, including some fixes from this last month.

The Recorder should no longer interrupt tools when writing a frame (bug; change by Carsten Hartenfels), and trying to export a timelapse with missing frames will rename the frame files to remove any gaps (change by Luna Lovecraft).

An issue with Android supporter pack downloads not working with a custom resource folder on some filesystems was fixed (change by Carsten Hartenfels), and new bundles have been added to the supporter packs: the SK1, SK2, and SK3 pencil sketch brush bundles by Ramon Miranda (change).

Developments in Krita Next

CICP metadata for HDR can now be saved in PNG files, and there are now explicit options for saving images' color info (change). You can read about that and more in Wolthera's HDR development topic on the forum.

Future Developments

Testing Needed: Touch Gestures Rewrite

Dmitry has put out a call for testing of rewritten touchscreen and trackpad gesture support. In particular it adds support for trackpad gestures to Krita 6 on Wayland, but it needs testing on all platforms to make sure there are no regressions.

Feature Draft: Viewport Timelapse Recording

Luna has been implementing a feature request for the Recorder to optionally capture the visible part of the canvas rather than the entire image.

That isn't as easy when it sounds when taking in account the viewability of the resulting timelapse; steps must be taken so the image doesn't jump around too much when the view changes. Check it out and leave some feedback (or just admire Tyson Tan's test-case artwork of Krita and KDE's mascots).

Community Report

August 2026 Monthly Art Challenge Results

The winner of the "Kiki's Epic Adventure" challenge is…

Kiki's Jungle Adventure by Lynx3d
Kiki's Jungle Adventure by Lynx3d

Join This Month's Art Challenge!

For September's theme, last month's winner has chosen "Time for a Break". Depict some beings in need of a break to recover or relax.

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

Mountain goat by Ws_Ws
Mountain goat by Ws_Ws
Trying something newish by arcprints
Trying something newish by arcprints
Snow Mountain King by Ws_Ws
Snow Mountain King by Ws_Ws
Man Band in Urca by jimplex
Man Band in Urca by jimplex

Participate in next month's nominations and voting to voice your opinion on the Best of Krita-Artists - August/September 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 Release (Stable, 5.3.4/6.0.4):

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 (5.3.5/6.0.5 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