Drawpile vs Sable Paint
Drawpile
drawpile.netSable Paint
sablepaint.comSide by side
| Figure | Drawpile | Sable Paint |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.9 (#5) | 7.7 (#29) |
| Brushes | Drawpile includes over 200 built-in brushes, multiple brush engines, a brush editor and a stroke stabilizer. | The brush editor includes controls for shape, scatter, jitter, blending, colour, height, texture and masking, plus pressure curves and material-point simulation. |
| Layers | Layer groups, blend modes, alpha preservation, clipping groups, masks and alpha lock are supported. | Layers support height, 28 blend modes, 27 non-destructive adjustment layers, groups, masks and clipping. |
| Windows requirements | The download page lists support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11, with separate ARM and 32-bit packages. | Windows requires 64-bit Windows 10 version 1809 or later or Windows 11, and a dedicated graphics card with 8 GB VRAM and DirectX 12 or Vulkan support. |
Plans
In their own words
Drawpile
Drawpile is a drawing, painting, sketching and animation app for people working together on one canvas, with offline use also available. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and the web; on iPhone and iPad, the browser version works, but there is no native iOS app. Its toolkit includes more than 200 built-in brushes, several brush engines, a brush editor and stroke stabilization. Layers and layer groups support blend modes, alpha preserve, clipping groups, masking and alpha lock. Animation tools include a timeline and onion skins. Canvases can be saved as OpenRaster or PSD, and images can be pasted from files or other programs. Users can join official community servers without arranging their own infrastructure, or operate a server themselves. External authentication can let users access potentially untrusted third-party servers without sharing their password with those servers. Drawpile says it does not transfer information to other networked systems unless a user or operator specifically requests it. The free plan costs nothing.
Sable Paint
Sable Paint has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.