
In return, if you get Krita from the Windows Store, you get automatic updates, and it becomes really easy to install Krita on all your Windows systems.

(Note, though, that buying Krita in the Windows Store means part of your money goes to Microsoft: it’s still more effective to donate). Publishing Krita on the Store takes time, and the Krita project really needs funding at the moment. plus… MoneyĪnd we wanted to do the same as on Steam, and put a price-tag on Krita in the store. Putting Krita in the Windows Store makes Krita visible to a whole new group of people. We have had the intention to offer Krita on the Windows Store for quite some time already, only we never had the time to get it done. We decided to take them up on their offer.


They were offering to help our projects to publish in the Windows Store, doing the initial conversion and helping us get published. Some time ago, we got in touch with a team from Microsoft that was reaching out to projects like Krita and Inkscape.
