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As the title says. Is there is FOSS app for Android?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly interested what others have to say as well. Afaik there really arent that many alternatives besides krita I think.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A long shot:

Install an Alpine or some other lightweight Linux VM on your Android device and install GIMP on it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconded.

I'd recommend using this Termux XFCE script - it automates the whole install and you get a graphics-accelerated XFCE setup. GIMP runs just fine on it.

Here's a screenshot of it running on my Fold 4:

[–] Sensitivezombie 1 points 1 year ago

Oh very nice! I'll check it out thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Krita should fit the bill for photopea. Illustrator however is a vector-based program, and I don't know any FOSS android apps for that. In a Linux environment, Inkscape would be the go-to for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Krita does have an unofficial android port thats usable