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  "path": "/en/posts/2026/krita-6.0.0-beta1-released/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "We have started the release process for the next feature release of Krita today! This release is the culmination of years of hard work. From the same codebase, we're building both Krita 5.3, based on Qt5, and Krita 6.0.0. based on Qt6. Krita 6 is not yet available for Android or ChromeOS because Qt6 is unstable on those platforms.\n\n## Highlights\n\nTo learn about everything that has changed, check the release notes!\n\n### Text Object\n\nThe text object has been completely rewritten, as have all the tools to handle text. You can now edit text on the canvas, make text wrap inside vector shapes and put text on a vector path. We support most if not all scripts fully as well.\n\nA variety of technical blog posts were written on the topic: Fonts, Open Type, Font Metrics, various other properties, Text in Shape and Type Setting Mode.\n\n### Wayland Color Management Support\n\nA Krita 6-only feature, on Linux, we now support Wayland color management support when Krita runs in native Wayland mode. Note that the only officially supported wayland compositor is KWin. If you use another compositor and find an issue, test with kwin first whether that issue reproducible.\n\n### Tools\n\nThere is a completely new tool: a knife tool for vector objects, for merging and splitting vector objects. This is extremely handle when creating comic page layouts. Other tools have been extended or have improved performance. For instance, the freehand drawing tool has a pixel-art stabilizer and the liquify transform tool is much faster.\n\n### Assistants\n\nConfiguring assistants has become easier and there's a new curve-linear perspective assistant.\n\n### Filters\n\nThere are new filters: propagate colors and color overlay mask. All blending modes have been checked for correctness when working in HDR.\n\n### Dockers\n\nThe recorder docker now can capture in real time. Dockers can be added to the popup palette.\n\n### Brush Engines\n\nAmong other improvements, the pattern option has been extended with a soft texturing mode.\n\n### File Formats\n\nThere is support for a new file format, Radiance RGB. Additionally, JPEG-XL support has been improved a lot, just in time for Googles volte-face on JPEG-XL support. And... Text objects in PhotoShop files now be loaded as text! You can save text to PSD as well, but only in a limited way.\n\n### Python Plugin API\n\nThe Python plugin API has been extended with an API for generating brush strokes, new user interface objects and new methods for existing classes. There are also new python plugins.\n\n## Krita 5.3 Downloads\n\n### Windows\n\nIf you're using the _portable zip files_ , just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the Krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.\n\n  * 64 bits Windows Installer: krita-5.3.0-beta1-setup.exe\n  * Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-5.3.0-beta1.zip\n  * Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)\n\n\n\n### Linux\n\nNote: starting with 5.2.11, the minimum supported version of Ubuntu is 22.04.\n\n  * 64 bits Linux: krita-5.3.0-beta1-x86_64.AppImage\n\n\n\n### MacOS\n\n  * MacOS disk image: krita-5.3.0-beta1.dmg\n\n\n\n### Android\n\nWe consider Krita on ChromeOS as ready for production. Krita on Android is still **_beta_**. Krita is not available for Android phones, only for tablets, because the user interface requires a large screen.\n\n  * 64 bits Intel CPU APK\n  * 64 bits Arm CPU APK\n  * 32 bits Arm CPU APK\n\n\n\n### Source code\n\nYou can build Krita 5.3 using the Krita 6.0.0.source archives. The difference is which version of Krita you build against.\n\n### md5sum\n\nFor all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/5.3.0-beta1/ and click on \"Details\" to get the hashes.\n\n### Key\n\nThe Linux AppImage and the source .tar.gz and .tar.xz tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).\n\n## Krita 6.0. Download\n\n### Windows\n\nIf you're using the _portable zip files_ , just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the Krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.\n\n  * 64 bits Windows Installer: krita-6.0.0-setup.exe\n  * Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-6.0.0.zip\n  * Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)\n\n\n\n### Linux\n\n  * 64 bits Linux: krita-6.0.0-x86_64.AppImage\n\n\n\n### MacOS\n\n  * MacOS disk image: krita-6.0.0-signed.dmg\n\n\n\n### Source code\n\n  * krita-6.0.0.tar.gz\n  * krita-6.0.0.tar.xz\n\n\n\n### md5sum\n\nFor all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/6.0.0-beta1/. and click on \"Details\" to get the hashes.\n\n### Key\n\nThe Linux AppImage and the source .tar.gz and .tar.xz tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).",
  "title": "First beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0"
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