Download Tux Paint

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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.

October 9, 2023 - Our website's on a new server. Please report issues if you come across any!

July 21, 2023 - Tux Paint 0.9.31 and friends have been released and are available for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Red Hat Linux, Slackware Linux, various Linux distributions (via Flatpak), & Haiku. (Updated July 22, 2023.)

July 1, 2023 - We've posted a series of interviews with artists who use Tux Paint. Visit the Interviews page to read them!

Current Version (0.9.31):

📣 View the Tux Paint 0.9.31 announcement to learn what's new in this version.

Microsoft Windows

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista: Users of Microsoft Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista 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.

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.

Haiku

Haiku: Haiku users can download Tux Paint directly, or via Haiku Depot.

Previous Version (0.9.30):

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.

Android

Android: Android phone and tablet users can download Tux Paint, or install it from the F-Droid software repository.

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.
openSUSE Linux Packages: openSUSE users can download pre-compiled Tux Paint packages for their release and architecture from software.opensuse.org.

BSD

FreeBSD Packages: FreeBSD users can learn about the FreeBSD port of Tux Paint.

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.