drawpile/Drawpile

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1328 stars · 156 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Drawpile is a free, open-source collaborative drawing program that lets multiple people draw, paint, sketch, and animate together on the same shared canvas in real time. It also works as a fast, lightweight offline drawing app and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and in the browser.

Use cases

• draw together with friends on a shared canvas
• collaborative sketching and painting sessions online
• host a multiplayer drawing session on a community server
• lightweight offline drawing app with layers and brushes
• collaborate on frame-by-frame animation with a timeline
• draw on a pressure-sensitive tablet across Windows, macOS, Linux, or Android
• sketch in the browser on an iPad without installing anything

When to choose

• you want real-time multiplayer drawing on one canvas
• you need a free, cross-platform painting app with layers, blend modes, and 200+ brushes
• you want to animate with onion skins and timelines, alone or with others
• you need pressure-sensitive tablet support on all major platforms
• you want to export to OpenRaster or PSD to finish work in Krita or Photoshop

When to avoid

• you need professional-grade photo editing or print production tools
• you require deep plugin ecosystems or scripting like Krita or Photoshop
• you need vector illustration rather than raster drawing
• you want a fully polished, corporate-supported product with guaranteed support

Facets

application · maturity active

gui graphics animation websocket self-hosted graphics cross-platform entertainment windows browser cross-platform drawing collaborative-canvas painting sketching brush-engine pressure-sensitivity multiplayer openraster qt real-time macos linux android desktop

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