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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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LanguageC++
LicenseGPL-3.0
Created2015-10-09 (11y ago)
Last push1d ago
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README excerpt
| CI Name | Master | Stable | Release |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ------ | ------- |
| Pipeline | | | |
Note: Nightly builds are not covered by this table atm
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 | features are allowed |
| String Freeze | strings are 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
https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&list_id=1315444&product=krita&query_format=advanced
### Discussion Forum
* https://krita-artists.org/
### 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
https://www.krita.org
### Nightly builds
#### Unstable
* https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/graphics/krita/master/
#### Stable
* https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/graphics/krita/krita-5.2/
#### Developers builds
##### Linux build with debug symbols in Qt and Krita
1) Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
2) Search for the latest `linux-debug-weekly` job
3) Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
4) Download the AppImage
##### Linux build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
1) Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
2) Search for the latest `linux-asan-weekly` job
3) Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
4) Download the AppImage
5) Set up environment variable for ASAN:
 [code] 
6) Run the AppImage in the modified environment
##### Windows build with ASAN in Qt and Krita
1) Go to Jobs section of Krita's CI: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs
2) Search for the latest `windows-asan-weekly` job
3) Enter the job and click on Artifacts->Browse
4) Download the .zip file
5) Open terminal
6) Set up environment variable for ASAN:
 [code] 
7) 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.
 [code] 
8) Run krita
 [code] 
### License
Krita as a whole is licensed unde