# Drawpile (open-source photo and gallery app)

> Drawpile is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. A collaborative drawing program. It has 1,337 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Drawpile is a collaborative drawing program that lets multiple people draw, sketch, paint and animate on the same canvas simultaneously. The Android version works on both tablets and phones. The program is built for use primarily with a pressure-sensitive pen, but drawing via touch is also possible. If you have any questions, need help with anything or can't manage to get the application working, check out the help page on drawpile.net on how to get in contact!

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/drawpile/Drawpile |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Other |
| GitHub stars | 1,337 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/net.drawpile/ (package net.drawpile) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://drawpile.net/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Photos, gallery & camera |
| Latest release | 2.3.0 (Nov 19, 2025) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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