Beta
Drawpile 2.2.2-beta.4 has many bugfixes and new features, like improved selections, a magic wand, animation exports to video, better pen tablet support and more. It's fully compatible with previous versions, so you can use it in the same session with folks who are still on the non-beta version. While it's still in development, it should be pretty stable, but the new stuff is still in flux.
If you run into issues, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask for help with something, take a look at the help pages on how to get in touch! Also, consider enabling crash dumps, they help a lot to figure out what went wrong if the program crashes.
Windows Beta
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Note 1: On Windows, you may get a message saying SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay Microsoft a lot of money. So for now, you have to dismiss the warning yourself: click on More info underneath the message and then on the Run anyway button that appears at the bottom.
Note 2: If you get an error about missing the Visual Studio Redistributable or a VCRUNTIME DLL, you need to install those first. They are provided by Microsoft, you can download them here.
macOS Beta
Note 1: If you don't know whether you have an Apple Silicon Mac or an Intel Mac, take a look at Apple's help page about that.
Note 2: On macOS, you will probably get a message saying that Drawpile could not be opened because we are not verified by Apple. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay them money. See these installation instructions on how to open it anyway.
Linux Beta
Android Beta
Getting Drawpile on F-Droid is recommended over using the APK directly. It will install the correct version for your device automatically and you don't need to manually download updates with it.
Note: For the APK, you have to enable apps from unknown sources. How exactly this works depends on your device, but it should be in the settings somewhere. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay Google money.
Other Beta Stuff
You can find source code and other versions in the release on GitHub. Downloads are at the bottom in the Assets section.
Windows
Drawpile 2.2.1 is backward-compatible, so you can join sessions hosted with the previous 2.1 series.
Supported Windows versions are 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11. If you run into issues, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask for help with something, take a look at the help pages!
A 32 Bit version as well as the dedicated server and command-line tools are available under Extras.
Note 1: On Windows, you may get a message saying SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay Microsoft a lot of money. So for now, you have to dismiss the warning yourself: click on More info underneath the message and then on the Run anyway button that appears at the bottom.
Note 2: If you get an error about missing the Visual Studio Redistributable or a VCRUNTIME DLL, you need to install those first. They are provided by Microsoft, you can download them here.
macOS
Drawpile 2.2.1 is backward-compatible, so you can join sessions hosted with the previous versions.
If you run into issues, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask for help with something, take a look at the help pages!
Note: On macOS, you will probably get a message saying that Drawpile could not be opened because we are not verified by Apple. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay them money. See these installation instructions on how to open it anyway.
Linux
Drawpile 2.2.1 is backward-compatible, so you can join sessions hosted with the previous versions.
Flatpak comes pre-installed on some Linux distributions and is generally easy to set up. Take a look at the Flathub setup page for how to install it. It does not include the dedicated server or command-line tools. The AppImage is self-contained, but needs to be downloaded and updated manually. To find out how to use it take a look at the AppImage manual and troubleshooting page. It includes the client, server and command line tools, run it with --help to see what's included.
If you want to set up a server on Linux, take a look at the dedicated server help page.
If you run into issues, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask for help with something, take a look at the help pages!
Android
Getting Drawpile on F-Droid is recommended over using the APK directly. It will install the correct version for your device automatically and you don't need to manually download updates with it. On Android, Drawpile 2.2.2-beta.4 is more stable than 2.2.1, so that's what's recommended. It's fully compatible with previous versions, so you can draw with folks on the older version.
If you run into issues, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask for help with something, take a look at the help pages!
A 32 Bit APK is available under Extras.
Note: For the APK, you have to enable apps from unknown sources. How exactly this works depends on your device, but it should be in the settings somewhere. To get rid of this, we'd have to pay Google money.
Web
The Web Browser version of Drawpile should work on all operating systems. For iPad and iPhone, it's the only option available.
Currently, you can only join sessions this way, it's not yet possible to host your own. When someone invites you to a session that allows it, the invite page will have a button to join via web browser. See the help page on joining sessions for more information.
Not all servers allow joining sessions this way. Take a look at the Communities page to see how the official community servers handle it. If you have your own server, the WebSocket server setup page tells you how to allow the web browser version on it.
Source
If you need help with building from source, found a bug, want to suggest a feature or ask anything else, take a look at the help pages!
Extras
Server and Tools
The dedicated server drawpile-srv and the command-line tools dprectool, drawpile-cmd and drawpile-timelapse are available as follows:
- For Windows, there's the Drawpile Server and Tools 2.2.1 Portable ZIP.
- For macOS, they're included in the disk image under macOS.
- For Linux, they're included in the AppImage under Linux. Run the AppImage with
--helpfor instructions.
Instructions for the dedicated server can be found on the dedicated server help page.
32 Bit Versions
32 bit versions are available for Windows and Android.
- Drawpile 2.2.1 Installer for 32 Bit Windows
- Drawpile 2.2.1 Portable ZIP for 32 Bit Windows
- Drawpile 2.2.2-beta.4 APK for 32 Bit Android
Note 1: Only use these 32 bit versions if you know that your device needs them. If not, use the regular Windows or Android versions, those are faster and more stable.
Note 2: If you get an error on Windows about missing the Visual Studio Redistributable or a VCRUNTIME DLL, you need to install those first. They are provided by Microsoft, you can download them here.
Previous Versions
All releases are tagged in the git repository. Downloads can be found in the Releases on GitHub, in the Assets section at the bottom of each release.
The downloads on this page are provided through GitHub.