KolourPaint
Shares rank 10 of 11 image editors by recommenders
People recommend it as a simple, quick paint program for basic image edits, without the layer complexity of heavier editors.
People recommend it as a simple, quick paint program for basic image edits, without the layer complexity of heavier editors.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, familiar paint-program interface
“KolourPaint does the simple operations I need, with fundamentally the same UI as Win 3.1 pbrush.exe had.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “KDE at 30” “a simple image editor even I can use”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “KDE at 30” Easy for simple tasks
“That's the first "pain" program that is usable to do simple things.”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “KDE at 30” “a simple image editor even I can use”
Comment from 1 Jun 2026 in “KDE at 30”
Other image editors people recommend
The four most recommended other image editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIMP | 179 | 216 | 45% | 13 | 20 yrs17 owners | — |
| Adobe Photoshop | 152 | 187 | 45% | 12 | 25 yrs22 owners | — |
| Moss pixel canvas | 46 | 6 | 88% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Paint.NET | 30 | 8 | 79% | 7 | — | Approved |
| KolourPaintThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“quick and no layer complications”
“Use Pinta or KolourPaint instead.”
“KolourPaint does the simple operations I need, with fundamentally the same UI as Win 3.1 pbrush.exe had.”
“That's the first "pain" program that is usable to do simple things.”
“a simple image editor even I can use”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.