Tux Paint

5-Star and "100 Clean" rating, April 2007

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative. (See the full list of features.)

December 14, 2008 — We were made aware of something called "Tux Paint Plus," which claims to be an enhanced version of Tux Paint. From what we can tell, it is simply the normal version of Tux Paint, bundled together with a search toolbar that gets installed in your web browser. When in doubt, be sure to download Tux Paint directly from www.tuxpaint.org.

Tinted Rubber Stamp images.

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For Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and more!

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Mac OS X

Windows XP/2000/Vista

Windows 95/98/ME

Linux

More download options.
View system requirements.

Tux Paint runs on a variety of platforms, including all versions of Windows (including Tablet PC), Mac OS X 10.3 and up, Linux, BeOS and Haiku, FreeBSD and NetBSD. It works well on older, slower systems, as well as thin-clients such as LTSP, Citrix® and Windows Terminal Services. It even runs on some handheld computers!

How Much Does It Cost?

Tux Paint is free, Open Source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is developed by volunteers around the world. We work on it as a labor of love, with the hopes that people will find it useful, and in turn share it with their own friends and family.

Download Tux Paint today, and enjoy!

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Open Source Drawing Software for Children

For Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and more!

How Much Does It Cost?