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Third beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0

Planet KDE [Unofficial] March 5, 2026
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Today we're releasing the third beta of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0.

The bug-squashing continues, We received 63 bug reports in total, of which we managed to resolve 8 for this release, making a total of 22 fixed bugs. Beyond that, the manual has been updated for 5.3 and 6.0, complete with dark theme!

Please keep testing and reporting!

Note that 6.0.0-beta3 has more issues, especially on Linux and Wayland, than 5.3.0-beta3. If you want to combine beta testing with actual productive work, it's best to test 5.3.0-beta3, since 5.3.0 will remain the recommended version of Krita for now.

To learn about everything that has changed, check the release notes!

5.3.0-beta3 Download

Windows

If 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.

[!NOTE] We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.

  • 64 bits Windows Installer: krita-x64-5.3.0-beta3-setup.exe

  • Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-5.3.0-beta3.zip

  • Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux

Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.

[!WARNING] Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.

  • 64 bits Linux: krita-5.3.0-beta3-x86_64.AppImage

MacOS

Note: minimum supported MacOS may change between releases.

  • MacOS disk image: krita-5.3.0-beta3-signed.dmg

Android

Krita on Android is still beta ; tablets only.

  • 64 bits Intel CPU APK

  • 64 bits Arm CPU APK

  • 32 bits Arm CPU APK

Source code

See the source code for 6.0.0-beta3

md5sum

For all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/5.3.0-beta3/ and click on "Details" to get the hashes.

Key

The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).

6.0.0-beta2 Download

Windows

If 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.

[!NOTE] We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.

  • 64 bits Windows Installer: krita-x64-6.0.0-beta3-setup.exe

  • Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-6.0.0-beta3.zip

  • Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux

Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.

[!WARNING] Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.

  • 64 bits Linux: krita-6.0.0-beta3-x86_64.AppImage

MacOS

Note: minimum supported MacOS may change between releases.

  • MacOS disk image: krita-6.0.0-beta3-signed.dmg

Android

No Krita 6.0.0 for Android for now. Please use the 5.3.0-beta3 APKs.

Source code

  • krita-6.0.0-beta3.tar.gz

  • krita-6.0.0-beta3.tar.xz

md5sum

For all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/unstable/krita/6.0.0-beta3/ and click on "Details" to get the hashes.

Key

The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).

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