Paintbrush
Universal version latest seen at v2.6 · Reported by 50 Macs in the community.
All sighted native versions (2):
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Paintbrush is a lightweight, free paint program for macOS inspired by Microsoft Paint and Apple's discontinued MacPaint. It offers basic drawing and painting tools including brushes, pencils, erasers, shape tools (rectangles, circles, lines), text insertion, and simple image editing capabilities. Users can import images and screenshots for editing, doodling, or annotation. Paintbrush is designed for casual users who want straightforward painting and drawing without the complexity of professional tools like Photoshop or GIMP. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community.
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1 suggestionA native Apple Silicon build of Paintbrush is now available. Community members are already running it successfully on M-series Macs. Download the current native version from SourceForge (the official project repository) at sourceforge.net/projects/paintbrush/ and install it as you would any standard macOS application. The native build delivers better performance and battery efficiency compared to running the older Intel version under Rosetta 2. Your existing files, preferences, and artwork remain fully compatible with the native build.
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