Version1.0.1
Revision2
LicenseMIT
Confinementstrict
Basecore24

The classic paint program, pixel for pixel, on the GNOME desktop plus some additional things.

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Paint98 brings back the look and feel of the classic Windows 98 paint program:
the 3D grey chrome, the sixteen-tool tool box, the 28-colour palette and the
same menus and dialogs, built natively with GTK for GNOME.

Features:
* Free-form and rectangular selections with move, copy (Ctrl+drag),
smear (Shift+drag), stretch handles and transparent mode

* Eraser / colour eraser, flood fill, colour picker and magnifier
* Pencil, brush (12 shapes), airbrush and text with a fonts toolbar
* Line, curve, rectangle, polygon, ellipse and rounded rectangle with
outline / fill styles

* Flip/rotate, stretch/skew, invert colours, attributes, zoom with grid
and thumbnail, view bitmap

* Edit colours, load and save .pal palettes
* Opens and saves PNG, BMP, JPEG and TIFF; copy and paste with other apps
* Set your picture as the GNOME desktop wallpaper (tiled or centred)

Update History

1.0.0 (1) → 1.0.1 (2)
3 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTC
1.0.0 (1)
3 Oct 2026, 23:15 UTC

Published3 Oct 2026, 23:08 UTC

Last updated3 Oct 2026, 23:25 UTC

First seen3 Oct 2026, 23:15 UTC