Tux Paint Alternatives

Tux Paint is described as 'Free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging' and is a digital painting tool in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Tux Paint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Tux Paint alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other Tux Paint like games are MyPaint, Microsoft Paint, FireAlpaca and GCompris.

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  1. scri.ch icon
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    scri.ch is a hackable, open source and minimal drawing tool. Learn more about tips and hacks on http://about.scri.ch/

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. PaintStar icon
     14 likes

    PaintStar is a versatile digital image processing software suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and displaying image thumbnail in Windows Explorer context menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. DrawPad icon
     4 likes

    DrawPad Graphic Design and Drawing software is an easy-to-use image composition and manipulation program, an essential tool for all types of graphic design projects. Easily draw and create graphic images.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. QAquarelle icon
     12 likes

    Qaquarelle is a very young opensource Qt4-based painting application that is supposed to provide a native way of painting with emulated traditional instruments, including watercolor simulation, full support for tablets and OpenGL-based processing in GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets, or offers them a chance to explore the asteroid belt with only their factoring abilities to bring them through safely!

    12 TuxMath (Tux of Math Command) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Childsplay icon
     3 likes

    Childsplay is a collection of educational activities for young children and runs on Windows, OSX, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Paintbrush icon
     9 likes

    Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. XGimp icon
     4 likes

    XGimp is a version of gimp that works on a mobile. It can be used as a paint program, image editor or a photo retouching program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Leonardo icon
     22 likes

    We believe artists deserve the best possible tools and we are determined to give it to them. The goal with Leonardo is to make the best painting application ever.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Vara icon
     1 like

    Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. It belongs to the group of applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features. The main focus is on simplicity.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  11. Gpaint icon
     10 likes

    gpaint (aka GNU Paint), a small-scale painting program for GNOME, the GNU Desktop Environment. gpaint does not attempt to compete with GIMP, it is just a simple drawing package based on xpaint, along the lines of Microsoft Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. Dibuja icon
     5 likes

    Easily create drawings and edit images. Add arrows, text, and effects to your drawings and pictures, or crop and resize your images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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