Drawpile 2.2.1 is out. You can download it here. If you're updating from an earlier version, simply install the new one over it.

If you're having trouble with it or otherwise need help, take a look at the help page. You can find ways to get in touch there, or maybe your question is already documented on a page there.

This release brings a fix to a performance issue that caused slowness for most macOS and some Windows systems with funky graphics drivers. So if 2.2.0 felt choppy for you, this likely fixes it.

There's also experimental support for high-DPI displays now. If you have a display with a very large resolution that causes Drawpile's interface to be way too tiny, you can turn it on in the User Interface tab of the Preferences.

Another significant addition is support for the web browser version of Drawpile. If you're drawing on a server that supports it and the server owner permits it, your session invite links will automatically include a button that lets people join through their browser. In that case, the session settings will also show the option to toggle if you want to allow joining from the browser or not.

Server owners have to set up their servers to enable browser access. How this works is documented on this help page.

Other documentation is still being worked on, like the stuff that changed between 2.1.20 and 2.2.0. Once that's done to a reasonable degree, the updater in 2.1 will start prompting for automatic updates too.

Changes in this Release

This release represents about a month of development since Drawpile 2.2.0, with some new features added, many bugs fixed and performance improved.

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Drawpile 2.2.0 is out now! You can download it here. If you're updating from an earlier version, simply install the new one over it.

This is a final release and is ready for use right now. We're still updating the documentation, Docker and Flatpak, as well as waiting for Microsoft to process our submission of the program to them in the hopes that it will prevent SmartScreen warnings and other such annoyances. Users of Drawpile 2.1 won't be prompted to update automatically just yet while that's still going on. Once that's all done, there'll be another news post with all the stuff you missed if you haven't been using the 2.2 betas.

You can always download it manually though if you want to get your hands on the new stuff! This new version is compatible with sessions hosted by 2.1, so you can still draw with everyone that's on the old version. The server is also compatible, so server owners don't need to update immediately either.

Development of course doesn't stop here. If you find a bug, have a suggestion or otherwise need help, take a look at the help page on how to get in contact.

In particular, there's a web browser version of Drawpile being worked on, which is already functional and in testing. You can read more about that below.

Changes in this Release

This release represents about a month of development since Drawpile 2.2.0-beta.11. Other than one small server feature, it's just been bugfixes since then.

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Drawpile 2.2 beta 11 is out, download it here!

This version fixes all relevant bugs that were reported. Unless new major bugs are found, this state will become the final release of 2.2.0.

If you still have issues to report, do so now! Take a look at the help page for links to the (new!) web chat, Discord and GitHub.

Translations can also still be updated and added, you can do so over at Weblate.

Changes in this Release

This release represents a little less than a month of development. It contains lots of bugfixes and some translation updates.

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Drawpile 2.2 beta 10 is out, download it here.

This is a hotfix for beta 9. It would lock up on startup in some cases.

This version is a release candidate. That means no new features are expected to be added to it until the final release, but bugfixes and translations may.

That means if you have any bugs to report or stuff that's still missing for you to work properly, now is the time to report them so that they can get handled before Drawpile comes out of beta! Have a look at the help page on how to report things.

Changes in this Release

Most of the interesting changes are in the news post for beta 9!

This release represents less than a day of development. It contains only bugfixes and translations.

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Drawpile 2.2 beta 9 is out now! Download it here.

Update: There was a problem with Drawpile not starting if it was the first time you ran it. This is fixed in 2.2 beta 10!

This version is a release candidate. That means no new features are expected to be added to it until the final release, but bugfixes and translations may.

That means if you have any bugs to report or stuff that's still missing for you to work properly, now is the time to report them so that they can get handled before Drawpile comes out of beta! Have a look at the help page on how to report things.

Changes in this Release

This release represents about a month and a half of development. Among many other things, support for PSD files has been added, the animation tools have received some more improvements and the sound effects have been changed to something less terrifying. The server side has also been upgraded with a variety of features to improve hosting long-term sessions, make moderation easier and hopefully reduce confusion around the login process.

The full set of changes is listed below, along with links to the development blog article that talks about it, if applicable.

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