Recent Releases

3.0.101 Nov 2026 14:05 minor feature: Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite. @JGCarroll. @Lehonti. @UrtsiSantsi. Added: Added an option (View - Show/Hide - Menu Bar) to switch to a menu bar layout instead of a header bar. Pinta now configures a compatibility version number for add-ins, to support running add-ins built against older versions such as Pinta 3.0. Changed: Improved the sizing of the toolbox icons, particularly for high DPI displays. The text tool now uses the system's default font rather than being hardcoded to Arial, which may not exist on some systems. Updated translations. : an where the toolbar's height could change when switching tools. potential crashes when adjusting the brush width. a on Windows where Pinta did not use the system's language for translations.
3.0.302 Aug 2025 20:00 minor bugfix: Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite. @ericksson. @Lehonti. : a packaging for the macOS arm64 build which caused many icons to disappear. an where hiding a panel did not cause other panels to expand into the available space. Incorrect behavior of the Atkinson method in the Dithering effect.
3.017 Jul 2025 22:05 major bugfix: Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite. @evgeniy-harchenko. @f-i-l-i-p. @khoidauminh. @Lehonti. @logiclrd. @Matthieu-LAURENT39. @potatoes1286. @ptixed. @solarnomad7. @TheodorLasse. @yarikoptic. @zWolfrost. Added: Ported to GTK4 and libadwaita. Upgraded the minimum required.NET version to 8.0. Added an arm64 installer for macOS (Apple silicon). Restored support for add-ins, which had been disabled in Pinta 2.0 due to technical limitations. Added a preference (in the `View` menu) for switching between a dark or light color scheme. Added an improved color picker dialog. Added a canvas grid with customizable size, replacing the previous pixel grid. Added ability to choose tile type and edge behavior in tile reflection effect. Added a new "Dithering" effect. Added "Voronoi Diagram" effect. Ported "Vignette" and "Dents" effects from Paint.NET 3.36 (#881, #885). Added "Feather Object" effect (#886, #953). Added "Align Object" effect (#936, #961). Added "Outline Object" effect. Added support for exporting to portable pixmap (`.ppm`) files. Added a nearest-neighbor resampling mode when resizing images. Added support for customizable gradients in the fractal and clouds effects (#578, #678, #683). Added a new `Offset Selection` option to the `Edit` menu to expand or contract the current selection (#661, #740, #746). The Windows build of Pinta now supports loading `.webp` images. Improved zooming behavior with trackpads, including support for the pinch to zoom gesture (#634, #715). The Windows installer is now signed, thanks to the support of SignPath. The brush size and line width settings for many tools can now be adjusted with the ` ` and ` ` keyboard shortcuts. Changed: Due to API changes in GTK4, the File - New Screenshot option now invokes platform-specific tools (the XDG screenshot portal on Linux, and the screenshot tool on maCOS). This is currently unsupported on Windows. When building
2.1.204 Feb 2025 19:13 minor bugfix: ### Changed - Support building against .NET 8 (replacing .NET 7) in addition to .NET 6 ### Fixed - Fixed AppStream validation errors in `xdg/pinta.appdata.xml` - Fixed issues where the system language settings on macOS did not properly take effect in Pinta ( #1976178 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/pinta/+bug/1976178)) - Fixed issues on macOS with loading webp images (#770)
2.1.127 Feb 2023 03:16 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
2.105 Jan 2023 06:05 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
2.0.214 Jan 2022 03:16 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
2.0.108 Jan 2022 03:25 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
2.002 Jan 2022 03:16 major bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
1.7.121 Nov 2021 03:16 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
1.705 Aug 2020 12:25 minor bugfix: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta/releases/tag/1.7
1.612 Mar 2015 03:15 minor feature: e-editable text. Mouse cursors now resize based on the active brush size. The Move Selection and Move Selected tools can now rotate the selection using the right mouse button. Added an Invert Selection command. New or redesigned mouse cursors for every tool. Improved OSX integration (file associations and improved dock integration) Redesigned Windows installer, which automatically downloads and installs the correct version of GTK# and the .NET Framework if necessary. Improved JPEG Compression Dialog (remembers previous settings and has the OK button as the default control). The Open File dialog now shows image previews for ORA files, as well as any file formats provided by add-ins.
1.519 Feb 2015 16:05 major feature: e-editable text. Mouse cursors now resize based on the active brush size. The Move Selection and Move Selected tools can now rotate the selection using the right mouse button. Added an Invert Selection command. New or redesigned mouse cursors for every tool. Improved OSX integration (file associations and improved dock integration) Redesigned Windows installer, which automatically downloads and installs the correct version of GTK# and the .NET Framework if necessary. Improved JPEG Compression Dialog (remembers previous settings and has the OK button as the default control). The Open File dialog now shows image previews for ORA files, as well as any file formats provided by add-ins.