Linux native

Image Editor

A minimal image editor. One file at a time.

Download AppImage .deb for Ubuntu / Debian
v0.2.3 · Linux x86_64 · Free & open source
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Features

Cover the boring 80%, calmly.

Crop · Resize · Rotate

The geometry you actually use

Click-drag crop with aspect presets. Pixel-precise resize. Rotate and flip in one keystroke.

Live sliders

Filters that preview, then commit

B&W, sepia, invert, brightness, contrast, saturation, blur. Preview while dragging, bake on release.

Ctrl+Z

Snapshot undo

Every edit goes on a stack. Undo and redo without surprises, even after rotates and crops.

F

Chrome-free preview

One key flips to a full-window image-only view. No menus, no rail, no status line.

PNG · JPEG · WebP · BMP · TIFF · ICO

Export, broadly

Re-encoded through Rust for quality and format breadth. JPEG flattens alpha onto a chosen background.

Tauri · Rust

Native Linux

Small binary. Real file associations. No Electron.

Krill principles

A simple interface.

Focus One app, one job. One file, one window. No tabs, no project trees, no mode pickers — the work in front of you is the work.
Beauty A locked palette, careful typography, chrome that sits still. The apps shouldn't be the part of your desktop you have to forgive.
Simplicity No settings panel, no plugin system, no power-user knobs. If a feature can't be explained in a sentence, it doesn't ship.
Ownership Your files on your disk in their original format. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. MIT licensed; build it yourself if you don't trust ours.
Install

Quick install

One-liner — downloads the AppImage to ~/.local/bin, marks it executable, and registers a launcher entry. Re-run to upgrade. 

curl -fsSL https://krill-software.github.io/install.sh | bash -s image-editor
or download a package
Download .deb 
# install with apt
sudo apt install ./Image.Editor_0.2.3_amd64.deb

# or with dpkg
sudo dpkg -i Image.Editor_0.2.3_amd64.deb
Download AppImage 
# make executable & run
chmod +x Image.Editor_0.2.3_amd64.AppImage
./Image.Editor_0.2.3_amd64.AppImage
Build from source

Build it yourself

Clone, install dependencies, and build with Tauri. Needs Node (with pnpm) and a Rust toolchain. 

# clone
git clone https://github.com/krill-software/image-editor.git
cd image-editor

# build
pnpm install
pnpm tauri build