Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Paintlet

MS Paint for Mac: native, open source, no AI

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Paint▲326
A simple Microsoft Paint inspired web app
2025 · its alternatives →
2
Canvas▲251
A DALL·E playground for the Mac
2023 · kevinhermawan.com · its alternatives →
3
DrawKit▲765
MIT licensed SVG illustrations, in 2 styles
2018 · its alternatives →
4
The Noun Project for Mac▲334
Building a visual language of icons anyone can understand
2015 · thenounproject.com · its alternatives →
5
Pichon for Mac▲270
Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop
2021 · icons8.com · its alternatives →
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Primitive for macOS▲798
2016 · primitive.lol · its alternatives →
7
Applite – Clean Homebrew front end app for macOS built with SwiftUI▲280
Find, install, update and remove Mac apps in one click. Thousands of apps in one place. Free and open source.
2023 · aerolite.dev · its alternatives →
8
JS Paint▲201
MS Paint nostalgia made in JavaScript.
2018 · jspaint.app · its alternatives →
9
Glaze by Raycast▲647
Create your own Mac apps by chatting with AI
Jul 2026 · glaze.app · its alternatives →
10
Noun Project for Mac 2.0▲533
Search nearly a million icons. Now in color!
2017 · thenounproject.com · its alternatives →
11
Rive for macOS▲403
The design tool that creates interactive, animated graphics
2023 · rive.app · its alternatives →
12
Sip for Mac▲393
The best way to collect, organize & share your colors
2017 · sipapp.io · its alternatives →
13
Liquid Metal▲316
Paper is a new design tool. We launched into open alpha today. Anyone can now sign up and use Paper. We started Paper about 1 year ago with the goal to bring more creativity back into design tools. It feels like the existing options are becoming increasingly corporate. To celebrate to launch, we published a new shader that lets anyone see their logo in Apple's new heat map animation style. There is no sign-up needed at heat.paper.design. We're always looking for feedback from anyone who uses Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, or Illustrator, about what they most need in their professional design…
2025 · app.paper.design · its alternatives →
14
Lightwell▲262
A simple tool for creating native iOS apps on Mac 💻 📲
2018 · stuartkerrs.com · its alternatives →
15
iPainted▲4
Native macOS app based on Windows 11 Paint
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
MS Paint Classic (JS Paint)▲84
🎨 Classic MS Paint, ＲＥＶＩＶＥＤ + ✨Extras
2018 · jspaint.ml · its alternatives →
17
Turbo Paint : Realtime AI Drawing▲89
Easy way to create image with simple sketches and doodles.
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac▲141
2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →
19
Annotate▲193
Menubar app to draw on any app or screen on macOS
2024 · getannotate.com · its alternatives →
20
IconRecolor▲106
Icon re-color app for Mac
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
JSPaint.exe – MS Paint as a cross-platform binary▲20
🌂JS Paint ~~ as a cross-platform native desktop app. In other words, the "🎨 Classic MS Paint, ＲＥＶＩＶＥＤ + ✨Extras".exe hehe - crisdosaygo/jspaint.exe
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Patina▲6
Simple and elegant MS Paint-like app for Mac
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Palette For Mac▲205
A menu bar based colour contrast analyser
2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →
24
Monodraw▲160
Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac
2015 · monodraw.helftone.com · its alternatives →

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