# PintaProject/Pinta

Simple GTK Paint Program

Repository: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pinta
Homepage: http://www.pinta-project.com/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: csharp, drawing, painting, pinta, image-editor, dotnet, gtk, gtk4
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:54:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5472, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 153, "gap_med": 38.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3976, forks 389 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.879123+00:00)

## What it is
Pinta is a free, open-source painting and image editing program inspired by Paint.NET 3.0, built with GTK and C#/.NET. It offers drawing tools, effects, adjustments, and unlimited undo across Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.

## Use cases
- simple drawing and sketching app for linux
- free image editor like paint.net for mac
- crop rotate and resize photos
- apply effects and adjustments to images with live preview
- pixel art editing
- retouch photos without complex software

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, simple paint program on Linux, macOS, Windows, or BSD
- you like Paint.NET's workflow but need a cross-platform or open-source option
- you need basic photo editing with effects and unlimited undo

## When to avoid
- you need professional-grade editing like layers masks and advanced color management (use GIMP or Krita)
- you need a scriptable or headless image processing pipeline (use ImageMagick)
- you need vector graphics editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, gui
- domain: graphics, image-processing, cross-platform
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform
- tags: paint-program, image-editor, gtk, drawing, paint-net-clone, csharp, dotnet, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- PintaProject/Pinta (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.879123+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:19.074902+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PintaProject/Pinta (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.879123+00:00, sha ff8d32793c8a)
  - homepage: http://www.pinta-project.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:37.695744+00:00, sha 2db12e72e109)
  - site_page: https://www.pinta-project.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:37.699549+00:00, sha 1e31d3d1efdd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.