Paintbrush

Place

#42 of 46

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Score

5.8

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Paintbrush, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Paintbrush's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Paintbrush	Free	Completely open source · macOS app

Each one read from Paintbrush's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Clipboard: It can paste images copied from common Mac applications, including Microsoft Office and Apple iWork.checked 11 Oct 2026
Donations: The maker says donations are voluntary and appreciated, and can be initiated from the website or from Paintbrush's Donate menu.checked 11 Oct 2026
Editing tasks: The maker describes cropping photos, adding text to images, and doodling as example uses.checked 11 Oct 2026
Image formats: It can open and save BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF images.checked 11 Oct 2026
Latest listed download: The downloads page lists Paintbrush 2.6 and says it requires OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher.checked 11 Oct 2026
Older versions: The downloads page lists version 2.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and version 1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.checked 11 Oct 2026
Open source: The maker says Paintbrush has always been and will always be completely open source, and invites contributors to submit patches.checked 11 Oct 2026
Positioning: The maker says the app is not intended to replace Adobe Photoshop or other high-end image editors.checked 11 Oct 2026
Purpose: Paintbrush is a simple paint program for macOS intended for quickly making simple images.checked 11 Oct 2026
Support channel: The official site provides a Contact Us link in its footer.checked 11 Oct 2026
Transparency: It supports transparency in alpha channel formats, currently PNG and GIF.checked 11 Oct 2026