Open source alternatives to Procreate

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Procreate does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Procreate does

Digital painting and drawingcore
Pressure sensitive brushescore
Layers and blend modescore
Custom brushes
Frame by frame animation
Time-lapse recording
Painting on 3D models
Export to common formats

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
procraftPressure sensitive painting app with layers, animation, and 3D painting	Replaces it95%	762+282	648	yesterday	35%	Install like an app	Apache-2.0
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: Painting on 3D models.See the evidence Digital painting and drawingcoreYesPressure-sensitive brushes, layers with blend modes Pressure sensitive brushescoreYesPressure-sensitive brushes Layers and blend modescoreYesLayers with blend modes, opacity, alpha lock Custom brushesYesThe Brush Studio: stroke path, stabilization, taper Frame by frame animationYesAnimation and page assists Time-lapse recordingYesa time-lapse of every artwork Painting on 3D modelsPartlypainting on the mesh, lights and environments Export to common formatsYesshare as PNG, JPEG, PSD, PDF, TIFF, GIF or MP4

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