Krita 5.3.3 Released!

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0200

Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.3 and 6.0.3, containing many bugfixes and improvements across the board.
Android Donations and Supporter benefits
On Android, version 5.3.3 lets you support Krita's development directly through the application. This goes through the Play Store, so if you have a device without Google services or are using a debug or nightly version of Krita, it won't be available and instead will show you donation links.
In return for supporting Krita, you'll be able to download resource bundles directly in the application, including the paid Digital Atelier bundle. The splash screen and welcome page will also tell you about the supporter packs or donation links. You are not required to make any purchases, no features are locked behind a paywall and you won't get nagged about it while you're actually working. You can also of course still manually import resource bundles, the downloads are just a convenience feature.
For a longer explanation and a way to give feedback or ideas, take a look at this forum post.
Changelog
Special thanks to Freya Lupen and Elena Sagalaeva, for multiple bug fixes, as well as the many newcomers who contributed to this release (named in the changelog).

Don't free hold frame undo command at scope exit (Bug 520732)
Added get started, community, website and source code icons (Thanks to Arkady Flury)
Try removing shell=True from the python calls on Windows
Get rid of division by zero in the KisMplTest.( Thanks to Elena Sagalaeva)
[android] All animation export and import functionality has been removed for now. Mostly because these functions didn't do anything. We're working on a properly working replacement for Android specifically.
Delete QuaZipFile before deleting the archive (Bug 520362)
Fix layers getting deselected when starting transform (Bug 517590)
Ensure a layer is activated for new views (Bug 518465 , Thanks to Gregg Jansen van Vuren)
Fix FFmpeg 7.0+ to render HDR animations (Bug 520669)
Fix Out-of-Bounds-Selection-Inversion (Bug 518235, Thanks to Ricky Ringler)
Fix Display Selection action check stats
Fix crash on null event pointer in Abstract Input Action (Bug 520581)
Fix crash when deleting a text shape (Bug 520939)
Fix not loading some xmp exif metadata correctly (Bug 520981)
Omit invalid values for xmp metadata when saving (Bug 520982)
Fix crash with combined shapes (Bug 521106)
[android] Implement supporter benefits
Make welcome page not show missing shortcuts as X
Allow welcome page to shrink properly
[android] Handle full-screen mode directly
[android] Let the user set the UI scale at runtime
UI/Animation: Fixed some animation actions breaking when switching playback engines. (Bug 518711)
UI/Settings: Fix bad animation settings layout.
[win][qt6] Fix transparent canvas widget issue (Bug 517102)
Force non-var vertical metrics to use default vertical caret. (Bug 517717)
Fix font-family sorting for fonts with wwsWithoutName set mixed.(Bug 518874)
Try to deduplicate font family names better, so we don't get sql errors. (Bug 517361)
Fix bug 522430. Switching between frames should always complete. (Bug 522430)
Fix deadlock when doing perspective transform (Bug 520602)
Expose tool and brush change signals to PyKrita (Thanks, Moritz Staudinger)
Various fixes to the selection action panel, including the ability to stick it to the sides of the canvas by pressing the "pin" icon.
Various fixes to the comic panel editing tool functionality.
Allow higher resolution of thumbnails on Welcome Screen.

⚠️ Warning
We consider Krita 5.3.3 suitable for productive work; 6.0.3 is, because of the many changes from Qt5 to Qt6 more experimental.
Download 5.3.3
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
We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.

64 bits Windows Installer: krita-x64-5.3.3-setup.exe

Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-5.3.3.zip

Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux
Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.

⚠️ Warning
Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.

64 bits Linux: krita-5.3.3-x86_64.AppImage

MacOS

⚠️ Warning
With Krita 5.3.3 release minimum supported MacOS version has increased from 10.14 (Mojave) to 10.15 (Catalina)

MacOS disk image: krita-5.3.3-signed.dmg

Android
Krita on Android is still beta; tablets only.

64 bits Intel CPU APK

64 bits Arm CPU APK

32 bits Arm CPU APK

Source code
Source code is the same as 6.0.3. See the 6.0.3 section.
md5sum
For all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/ and click on "Details" to get the hashes.
Key
The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).
Download 6.0.3
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
We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.

64 bits Windows Installer: krita-x64-6.0.3-setup.exe

Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-6.0.3.zip

Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux
Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.

⚠️ Warning
Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.

64 bits Linux: krita-6.0.3-x86_64.AppImage

MacOS
Note: minimum supported MacOS may change between releases.

MacOS disk image: krita-6.0.3-signed.dmg

Android
Krita 6.0.3 is not yet functional on Android, so we are not making APK's available for sideloading.
Source code

krita-6.0.3.tar.gz

krita-6.0.3.tar.xz

md5sum
For all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/ and click on "Details" to get the hashes.
Key
The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).