Haruna version 1.5.0 is released.

The highlight of this release is the playlist, which got a lot of features:

• multiple playlists through tabs (Muhammet Sadık Uğursoy)
• drag and drop reordering (Muhammet Sadık Uğursoy)
• add files and folders through drag and drop (Muhammet Sadık Uğursoy)
• filtering (Muhammet Sadık Uğursoy)
• option to control playback behavior when a file ends: repeat playlist, repeat file, stop after last file in playlist, stop after current fille and play a random item

Another big change is to the Mouse settings, now you can use a mouse button + modifier key combo (ctrl + left click, shift + scroll up/down etc.).

Windows version:

• haruna-1.5.0-windows-gcc-x86_64.exe
• haruna-1.5.0-windows-gcc-x86_64.7z

Availability of other package formats depends on your distro and the people who package Haruna.

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Changelog

1.5.0

Known issues

On Windows the Shortcuts and Custom Commands settings pages don't work.

Features

Settings

• General
  • added single instance setting to play new file when appending to the playlist
  • removed the "File dialog location setting"
• Playlist: added settings to control playback behavior
• Mouse
  • changed to allow modifier keys
  • added support for Mouse Forward and Back buttons
• Subtitles: if a relative folder name in the Load subtitle from list starts with an * (asterisk) then subtitles will be searched in all folders contaning the folder name. Example: If the Load subtitle from list contains an entry *sub and you have the following folders next to the video file subs, more subs and subtitles all of these folders will be searched.
• the settings window now has a minimum width and height

PlayList

• added support for multiple playlists
• items can be reordered manually through drag and dropdown
• items can be selected, ctrl+click to select multiple items, shift+click to select a range
• items can be filtered
• added setings to control playback behavior when a file ends
• when saving the playlist the file extension is set to m3u
• can add files and folders through drag and drop
• multiple files can be added through the option in the header
• hide playlist when mouse leaves window while maximized, prevents opening the playlist when moving mouse to another monitor

Playback

• if a file can't be played now an error is shown and playback stops instead of trying to play the next file (prevents a potential infinite loop when no file in the playlist can be played)
• can play files starting with a dot (hidden files)
• an error is shown when failing to get youtube playlist

Other

• mpris: add support for Shuffle and LoopStatus
• changed the action selection popup to use Kirigami.SearchDialog
• replaced the spinning icon with a progress bar and label
• the drop area of the video is split in 2 parts now
  • top part always appends to the default playlist
  • bottom part clears the default playlist and adds the dropped files and folders, when only one file is dropped it behaves as the open file action (clears the playlist and loads sibling files if enabled in settings)
• recent files are now stored in a sqlite database
• time positions used to restore videos are also stored in the database
• sleep is blocked on Windows too
• all strings should be translatable now

Bugfixes

• fixed the loop action, osd was not showing and progress bar was not highlighting the loop range
• before loading check that the file exists
• fixed loading wrong subtitles when using recursive subs
• fixed the progress bar getting taller when the chapters menu becomes visible
• fixed a bug where the video would pause after clicking the progress/seek bar

Beginning of 2025 I was searching through the version history of Qt OPC UA - trying to find out when a certain issue got introduced. At some point I was curious: How long does this thing go back?! Turns out that the first git commit is dated 25th of September 2015. Which means we have been doing this for over 10 years now!

Continue reading 10 Years of Qt OPC UA at basysKom GmbH.

Whether you missed it the first time or simply want to relive the excitement, the entire Akademy 2025 experience is now available to rewatch online! From insightful keynotes and engaging panel discussions to technical talks, every moment of the event has been recorded and uploaded for the community to enjoy.

This year Akademy was packed with ideas, innovation, and collaboration that will shape the future of KDE and open source.

Watch now on your favorite platform:

• Watch on PeerTube
• Watch on YouTube

Enjoy!

At Akademy 2025 this year, I had the privilege of giving a talk about a big picture topic close to my heart, and you can watch it here:

For those who prefer reading over watching and listening, I’ll give a quick summary:

I believe that the challenges facing the world today present an opportunity for KDE to grow in importance and reach due to a variety of favorable trends embedded in the chaos and conflict, including:

• Increasing skepticism of traditional proprietary American big tech
• Increasing EU public funding opportunities
• Windows 11 sucking and losing its edge for gaming
• *Postscript: MacOS Tahoe stumbling and being publicly mocked as well

But this is a window of opportunity that I think will close. So I encouraged everyone to think about how we can make KDE software ready for adoption from the following perspectives:

• Being known about in the first place
• Looking good enough to be taken seriously
• Being easy to download or otherwise acquire
• Working properly and having enough features
• Having enough support resources and an articulable “lower total cost of ownership” story

Because if we’ve got all five, our offerings will start to look irresistible, and I think we’ll gain market share very quickly!

Kirigami Addons is a collection of supplementary components for Kirigami applications. Version 1.10.0 is a relatively minor release, introducing KirigamiApp and some improvements on Android regarding the new edge-to-edge support introduced in Android 15.

New Features

Aleix Pol Gonzalez added a KirigamiApp component which removes quite a bit of boilerplate to setup a Kirigami applications.

It now looks like this and will setup theming, crash reporting and more automatically in one place:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
 KirigamiApp::App app(argc, argv);
 KirigamiApp kapp;

 // Set up KAboutData

 // QCommandLineParser creation and processing

 if (!kapp.start("org.kde.myapp", u"Main", new QQmlApplicationEngine)) {
 return -1;
 }
 return app.exec();
}

Bug fixes

Volker Krause added edge-to-edge support to the BottomDrawer and the MaximizedComponents.

Packager Section

You can find the package on download.kde.org and it has been signed with my GPG key.

Hi again!

If you would like to review my latest presentation at Akademy 2025 in Berlin on Design System progress, please check here:

In this presentation, I go over the progress we have made so far in building foundational elements of the design system we would like to apply to Plasma.

Progress is now moving into migrating or recreating more components using PenPot. PenPot 2.10 now contains variables, like Figma, and this should help us develop a robust set of variables inside PenPot to execute designs faster.

But first, we have to create all the possible states in variable tables. The result should be pretty good. Foundations are “done” in the sense that they are entered into PenPot. Now comes the second set of components to build and we start pretty small.

For example, buttons, button groups, checkboxes, progress bars, etc. Anything that is a small functional component in the UI. However, as PenPot is still working on their next generation rendering engine, we are still dealing with performance delays. Don’t expect this work in PenPot to move super fast until their new engine is out.

Today we are releasing Krita 5.2.13! This is a bugfix release containing a number of important Android fixes, courtesy of Carsten Hartenfels, our new Android Maintainer. The release also includes a security fix that affected the work with TGA files.

16K Page Size support

Some devices running Android 15 have so much working memory that Android 15 increased the page size (the smallest unit the working memory is divided up in). To work with on these devices, programs like Krita need some adjustments, or else they won't even run! With Krita 5.2.13 you won't have to worry about this distinction anymore, as 16K page size support has been added.

Saving fixes

One of the most frequent crashes on Android was caused by background saving going wrong. We've overhauled the saving service, fixing crashes when Krita was being shut down or when it is inactive in the background.

Now, operating systems like Android make file system handling a little tricky because they would like to keep each file inside a so-called sandbox, so your program cannot do anything without your explicit permission. This is generally a good thing, but it is very different from how desktop operating systems work, and we're still working on figuring out how to make Krita work more pleasantly while staying inside the sandbox, so look out for that in the future!

Transform fixes

Previously, the transform tool would not work with touch, because it relied on mouse-press, instead of mouse-click, which is what touch events are. We've worked around this, and now you should be able to manipulate the transform widget with your fingers.

Automatically disable touch-painting on devices with stylus present

Now, when Krita detects a stylus present in proximity of the tablet device it automatically disables touch painting for the rest of the session. It lets new users start painting with their stylus right away without visiting Krita's Preferences dialog. If you still want to be able to paint with your fingers and with your stylus at the same time, you can explicitly enable touch-painting in Configure Krita->General->Tools->Touch Painting->Enabled.

Fix for a security issue when loading TGA files

There was a theoretical security issue when loading TGA files, which could cause buffer overflow in Krita. This issue is now fixed in Krita 5.2.13. If you have not yet updated to 5.2.13 we highly recommend you to avoid opening TGA files from unknown sources.

Other

Beyond that, there are two crash fixes.

• Index Colors: fix crash when filtering non-transparent layer
• Fix crash in palette docker with add swatch dialog. (Bug 507601)

Download

Windows

If you're using the portable zip files, just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the Krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.

[!NOTE] We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.

• 64 bits Windows Installer: krita-5.2.13-setup.exe
• Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-5.2.13.zip
• Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux

Note: starting with 5.2.11, the minimum supported version of Ubuntu is 22.04.

[!WARNING] Starting with 5.2.11 has updated the AppImage runtime, which is known to be incompatible with the old versions of AppImageLauncher. Developers of the AppImage runtime suggest to remove or update AppImageLauncher. See this report: Issue 121 More AppImage troubleshooting info is available here: FUSE

• 64 bits Linux: krita-5.2.13-x86_64.AppImage

MacOS

Note: We're not supporting MacOS 10.13 anymore, 10.14 is the minimum supported version.

• MacOS disk image: krita-5.2.13.dmg

Android

We consider Krita on ChromeOS as ready for production. Krita on Android is still beta. Krita is not available for Android phones, only for tablets, because the user interface requires a large screen.

• 64 bits Intel CPU APK
• 64 bits Arm CPU APK
• 32 bits Arm CPU APK

Source code

• krita-5.2.13.tar.gz
• krita-5.2.13.tar.xz

md5sum

For all downloads, visit https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.2.13/ and click on "Details" to get the hashes.

Key

The Linux AppImage and the source .tar.gz and .tar.xz tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key here. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).

Welcome to the August 2025 development and community update.

Development Report

5.2.13 Released

A new bugfix release, Krita 5.2.13, is out. (5.2.12 was an Android-only release skipped in favor of making a release on all platforms.)

It mainly fixes a crash on Android when Krita is in the background, and makes the Transform Tool respond correctly to touch input, both thanks to our new Android maintainer Carsten Hartenfels.

But there are some important fixes for all platforms, so check out the release notes and make sure to update!

Text Tool Rework Progress

The UI for text properties continues to get polished. There's a new in-depth post about text language selection and style preset work, and Wolthera has put out a call for testing and feedback about the way paragraph and character property setting is handled.

Wayland Port Progress

After months of work, Dmitry has implemented initial color management support on Wayland. This is necessary for artists whose work requires color accuracy such as for printing to be able to view their colors accurately on modern Linux compositors.

Google Summer of Code

Krita's Google Summer of Code student for this year, Ross Rosales, successfully completed a project creating a Selection Actions Bar. This feature, which can be toggled in settings under General->Tools, give quick access to various ways to interact with a selection: Select All, Invert Selection, Deselect All, Fill Selection with Color, Clear Selection, Copy Selection to New Layer, Crop to Selection.

Community Report

August 2025 Monthly Art Challenge Results

13 forum members took on the challenge of the "Kiki's Summer Activities" theme. And the winner is… Kiki's Beach Fun by @Lynx3d

The September Art Challenge is Open Now

For this month's theme, winner @Lynx3d has chosen "A Breezy Day". The optional challenge is to depict a fleeting moment that would be gone in seconds. Brave the winds and don't get blown away!

Featured Artwork

Best of Krita-Artists - July/August 2025

This month's Best of Krita-Artists Nominations thread received 9 nominations of forum members' artwork. When the poll closed, these five wonderful works made their way onto the Krita-Artists featured artwork banner:

Raccoon by @elvaira.gromova

Rest during the journey by @JayWong

A pirate by @p4to

Lion Statue by @z586t

Cara Dune (The Mandalorian - Ch 16) by @FireShepherd

Best of Krita-Artists - August/September 2025

Take a look at the nominations for next month.

Ways to Help Krita

Krita is Free and Open Source Software developed by an international team of sponsored developers and volunteer contributors. That means anyone can help make Krita better!

Support Krita financially by making a one-time or monthly monetary donation. Or donate your time and Get Involved with testing, development, translation, documentation, and more. Last but not least, you can spread the word! Share your Krita artworks, resources, and tips with others, and show the world what Krita can do.

Other Notable Changes

Other notable changes in Krita's development builds from August 16, 2025 - September 24, 2025.

Stable branch (5.2.13):

• Android: Fix a crash when Krita is in the background. (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)
• Touch Input: Properly handle taps when touch painting. (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)
• Canvas Input: By default, auto-disable Touch Painting if stylus input is used in a session, to avoid conflicting with touch gestures. (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)
• Brush Engines: Fix the Speed input being incorrect at the start of a touch drawing brushstroke. (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)
• Brush Engines: Fix brush preview outline centering to account for transparent edges. (bug report) (Change, by Jeff Witthuhn)
• File Formats: TGA: Fix a crash when importing bad TGA files. (Change, by Dmitry Kazakov)

Stable branch (5.2.14-prealpha):

• Android: Fix an issue where the canvas wouldn't show when loading a document until reloading the window. (bug report) (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)

Unstable branch (5.3.0-prealpha):

• General: Add two empty custom toolbars for users to configure, bringing the total number of toolbars to five. (Change, by Agata Cacko)
• Text Tool: Add buttons to switch between Preformatted, Inline-wrapped, and Prepositioned text wrapping types. (Change, by Wolthera van Hövell)
• Assistant Tool: Don't place duplicated control widgets directly on top of each other, and bring them forward when clicked on. (Change, by Aries Moczar)
• Transform Tool: Add Keep Aspect Ratio action to Transform Tool right-click context menu. (Change, by Agata Cacko)
• Zoom Tool: Fix regression in zoom target position. (Change, by Carsten Hartenfels)
• Brush Engines: Switch the default brush outline color from green to magenta. (Change, by Emmet O'Neill)
• Color Themes: Make some tweaks and updates to the default color themes. Update the Krita Blender theme to match Blender 4 (instead of 2.5). (Change, by Wolthera van Hövell)
• Python Plugins: Batch Export: Allow specifying an export color profile. (Change, by Kitlith)

Nightly Builds

Pre-release versions of Krita are built every day for testing new changes.

Get the latest bugfixes in Stable "Krita Plus" (5.2.14-prealpha): Linux - Windows - macOS (unsigned) - Android arm64-v8a - Android arm32-v7a - Android x86_64

Or test out the latest Experimental features in "Krita Next" (5.3.0-prealpha). Feedback and bug reports are appreciated!: Linux - Windows - macOS (unsigned) - Android arm64-v8a - Android arm32-v7a - Android x86_64

First maintenance release of the 25.08 series is out continuing the focus on stability and polish with many fixes for crashes and regressions as well as user interface and usability improvements.

Some packaging issues caused a small delay for this release announcement, sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks to all the people who help make Kdenlive more stable by reporting bugs, providing patches or sending constructive feedback.

For the full changelog continue reading on kdenlive.org.

Symless is the latest company to officially help fund KDE.

Symless develops Synergy, an open source solution that allows users to share a keyboard, mouse, and clipboard across several computers at the same time, without extra hardware and regardless of whether they are using Linux, Windows, macOS, or a mix of all of the above.

“Becoming a Supporting Member of KDE is a natural step for us", stated the Synergy team representative. "Synergy is heavily rooted in open source, and we want to give back to the community that made it possible. By supporting KDE financially and contributing to upstream projects like Deskflow, we’re helping ensure open source software remains sustainable for both enthusiasts and enterprises”.

“It’s exciting to see organisations in our ecosystem participate alongside KDE and Plasma in creating next-generation workflows for everyone", says Aleix Pol, president of KDE e.V.. "We’re glad to welcome Symless as a KDE Supporting Member and value their continued commitment to Open Source.”

Symless joins the other supporters, KDAB, basysKom, Haute Couture Enioka who help fund free open source software and development through KDE e.V.