Mastodawn

We just released Krita 5.3 and 6.0!

https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.0-released/

Krita 5.3.0 Released!

Today is the simultaneous release of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0! Depending which version of Qt and KDE Frameworks you build, the same source will result in one of the other. Both versions are almost functionally identical, with 6.0.0 having more Wayland functionality.

Krita

@Krita I let out an audible "oooh" when I saw the transform box rotation demonstration, that's going to be huge for me!

Carlos Solís 1d ago

Same! Especially since the one recording the demonstration was none other than the creator of Pepper and Carrot. He must be sighing in relief now that lettering his comics will be much more of a breeze.

David Revoy 1d ago

@csolisr 💜 Oh yes!

Pipeliner 1d ago

@Krita congrats!

geoffroy dussart 1d ago

@Krita Been looking forward to the text tool!

@Krita congrats and thanks for the appimage.

@Krita
Text editing on canvas, finally. I knew the day would come, i know that krita would deliver.

;)

Carlos Solís 1d ago

I was confused on why would you release both a minor and major version at the same time, if it wasn't a security upgrade. Then I checked the blog and found that Krita 6 is based on Qt 6, with Krita 5.3 being effectively identical but still based on Qt 5.

éli simplicio 🫀🩸1d ago

@Krita seems amazing! thanks for your hard work 🥹 ❤️

Arthfach 🐻1d ago

@Krita Oh thank goodness you release AppImages! I couldn't get Krita to compile for the life of me on Gentoo; this means I can still use it and I am SO HAPPY!

Thank you so much!

marceles 🌴🌴1d ago

@Krita cool! and thank you

@Krita it's christmas! so many features here that i've wanted. really excited to try it all

Artem Anufrij 1d ago

@Krita herzlichen Glückwunsch 🎉! Ihr macht tolle Arbeit 👍.

Oh, awesome release! I really look forward to the text manipulation changes, but also better Wayland support.

Absolute Beginner 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

@Krita Thank you for such a useful program.

@Krita Well done!

Virtual Curiosities 1d ago

@Krita TEXT TOOL!!!

Travis Jeans 13h ago

@Krita Awesome update! Thank you for much.

horstworst 3h ago

@Krita
Very impressive, thank you so much!!! ❤️