From the gallery: From the Heavens (Drawing of a SpaceX Starship) by COOP
Tux Paint is completely free software, released as “Open Source” software, under the provisions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2. This means you may download it and install it on as many machines as you wish, copy it for friends and family, and give it to your local schools. In fact, we encourage this!
Tux Paint runs on most systems, but check the Requirements if you're unsure whether your system can support it.
Current Version (0.9.33):
📣 View the Tux Paint 0.9.33 announcement to learn what's new in this version.
Microsoft Windows
- Windows 11, 10, 8, 7
- Users of Microsoft Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 can download and run this simple installer application to get the full version of Tux Paint.
(A stand-alone ZIP-file version, also known as a "Portable" version, is available, as well.)
Apple macOS
- macOS
- Apple Macintosh owners running macOS 10.10 and later can download Tux Paint here.
Android
- Android
- Android phone and tablet users can install Tux Paint from the Google Play Store or the F-Droid software repository, or download it directly.
- Chromebook (Android app)
- ChromeOS devices, such as Chromebooks, that are capable of install Android apps may be able to install and run Tux Paint for Android from the Google Play Store. (There is currently no native ChromeOS version of Tux Paint.)
Linux
- RPM Linux Packages
- Users of RedHat and Fedora Linux distributions can download Tux Paint for i686 and x86_64 in RPM format.
- Slackware Linux Packages
- Slackware users can download Tux Paint packages via SlackBuild.org.
- Flatpak Packages for Linux
- Users of a variety of Linux distributions can install Tux Paint via Flatpak, a framework for distributing desktop applications.
Linux Distribution Packages
Distribution-agnostic Packages
BSD
- OpenBSD Packages
- OpenBSD users can learn about the OpenBSD port of Tux Paint.
Haiku
- Haiku
- Haiku users can download Tux Paint directly, or via Haiku Depot.
Previous Version (0.9.32):
Note: The latest version of Tux Paint will hopefully soon be available for all other major platforms, but in the meantime you can still download the previous version below.
Linux
- openSUSE Linux Packages
- openSUSE users can download pre-compiled Tux Paint packages for their release and architecture from software.opensuse.org.
Linux Distribution Packages
BSD
- FreeBSD Packages
- FreeBSD users can learn about the FreeBSD port of Tux Paint.
Older Versions:
Linux
- Ubuntu Linux Packages
- Ubuntu users can download pre-compiled Tux Paint packages for their release and architecture from Launchpad.
- Fedora Linux and EPEL Packages
- Users of Fedora and various Enterprise Linux platforms can download pre-compiled Tux Paint packages for their release and architecture from Fedora Package Sources
- Debian GNU/Linux Packages
- Debian users can simply download pre-compiled Tux Paint packages for their release and architecture from their preferred Debian archive mirror.
Linux Distribution Packages
Even earlier versions of Tux Paint are available for other platforms and OSes that we no longer support, or which haven't been maintained for a long time. Visit the "Download Older Versions" page to access them.
Other Downloads:
- Source-code
- Other Linux and Unix users can download the source-code to compile and install Tux Paint. (Developers can get the latest from the Git source-code repository.)
- Fonts
- Tux Paint users who use languages requiring their own fonts can download pre-packaged TrueType Fonts for Tux Paint.
Did you know? Tux Paint is named after Tux the penguin, the mascot of the Linux operating system. "Tux" is short for tuxedo.