KolourPaint vs. MS Paint: eine gute Linux-Alternative?

KolourPaint als Linux-Alternative zu MS Paint

Aktualisiert am 24. Oktober 2026

Unser Fazit

KolourPaint is a solid replacement for MS Paint for users who need a lightweight, cross‑platform raster editor. It covers most everyday tasks—drawing, shape insertion, text, cropping, resizing, and basic color editing—making it suitable for casual users, students, and quick image touch‑ups. Power users who rely on advanced features like layer management or complex filters will find it lacking, but for the typical Paint workflow it works well.

Funktionsabdeckung85%

Lizenz: BSD-2-Clause and LGPL-2.0+ and GFDL-1.2
Preis: Kostenlos
Aktuelle Version: 26.04.3 (2. Juli 2026)
Bewertung: —

KolourPaint installieren Website ↗

Painting in KolourPaint

Was gleich funktioniert

Both support BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF formats
Both provide basic drawing tools (brush, pencil, shapes)
Both allow text insertion and simple cropping/resizing
Both include a color picker for sampling
Both are free and bundled with the OS or available via standard repositories

Was anders ist

KolourPaint offers rotation and monochrome effects, which MS Paint does not
KolourPaint supports more advanced selection tools (polygon, lasso)
KolourPaint lacks a true two‑color mode and limited brush customization compared to Paint
KolourPaint does not have a built‑in file format conversion wizard like Paint’s “Save As” dialog
KolourPaint’s UI is KDE‑centric and may feel unfamiliar to Windows users

Ihre MS Paint-Dateien öffnen

KolourPaint can open and save BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files, matching the formats MS Paint uses. It does not support the proprietary .bmp variants with embedded Windows icon data, but for standard images it works fine. Exporting to .bmp, .jpg, .png, .gif, or .tiff will preserve the image content. No special conversion steps are required.

Von MS Paint zu KolourPaint wechseln – Schritt für Schritt

Install KolourPaint via your distro’s package manager or Flathub

Wichtige Funktionen von KolourPaint

Zeichnen von Formen: Linien, Rechtecke, Ellipsen, Polygone
Werkzeuge für Kurven und Freihandlinien
Einfügen und Bearbeiten von Text
Farbwähler für präzises Abtasten
Auswahlwerkzeuge zum Verschieben und Bearbeiten von Bildbereichen
Rotation und Monochrom-Effekte
Unterstützung für Standard-Rasterbildformate

KolourPaint unter Linux installieren

Flatpak (Flathub)flatpak install flathub org.kde.kolourpaint

Ubuntu / Mintsudo apt install kolourpaint

Debiansudo apt install kolourpaint

Fedorasudo dnf install kolourpaint

Arch / Manjarosudo pacman -S kolourpaint

openSUSEsudo zypper install kolourpaint

Häufige Fragen

Does KolourPaint support the same file formats as MS Paint?

Yes, it opens and saves BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files, which are the same formats used by MS Paint.

Can I use KolourPaint on Windows?

KolourPaint is a native Linux application; it does not run on Windows without a compatibility layer like WSL or a virtual machine.

Will I lose any functionality by switching?

You will lose the very simple two‑color mode and the minimal brush options that MS Paint offers, but you gain rotation, monochrome effects, and more flexible selection tools.