Kleki

With Kleki you can draw and paint in your browser with brushes, layers and simple operations, without installation.

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Online service updated continuously; you do not install a separate numbered version. · Open source · Web

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Kleki is an online drawing program that allows you to sketch directly. You use brushes, a paint bucket, expired, text and shapes. Layers help to separate a sketch, coloring and background, for example, so that you can change one part without redoing the entire drawing.

You can import images as a starting point or extra layer. For later work, you can save as PSD, keeping the layers. A PNG export is intended as a merged image. So choose which file to save: only a PNG does not give you the same freedom to change individual parts afterwards.

The browser storage is useful as an intermediate step, but is not an independent backup. Download your work regularly to your device and make sure you can open it again. Kleki is updated as a web app; you don't have to manage a separate installation package. For heavy photo editing or very extensive drawing projects, a desktop program offers more space.

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Differences between Kleki and Krita, Photopea
Software	What can it do?	Platform and licence
KlekiYou are viewing this app	With Kleki you can draw and paint in your browser with brushes, layers and simple operations, without installation.	WebOpen source
KritaView this alternative	You want extensive drawing tools in a desktop program.	Windows, macOS, LinuxGPL-3.0-or-later
PhotopeaView this alternative	You'll be looking for more photo editing tools in your browser.	WebFreemium

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Who is it for?

You want to quickly draw or complete an image on a computer or tablet where you don't want to install anything.

Getting started

Open Kleki in a current browser, draw a small drawing on two layers and save it as PSD. Open that file again to check your M.O.

Privacy

Your drawing will not be sent without a conscious upload action. The upload function uses Imgur. Kleki also collects anonymized error messages to investigate problems in the web app.

Good to know

Not a full desktop photo site. Browser storage is not a backup. Share upload function via an external service

Please note

Browser storage can be erased. Save a PSD if you want to keep layers and separate export for parts; uploading to Imgur is a separate choice.

Advantages

Start without installation Draw with layers and multiple tools Save PSD with Layer Data

Things to consider

Not a full desktop photo site Browser storage is not a backup Share upload function via an external service

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Official download page

Provider’s website · kleki.com

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Our verdict

Kleki is especially suitable for a quick sketch, a simple illustration or drawing on a device without fixed drawing software. The layers and PSD export make it more useful than a temporary scraping surface. Make saving a fixed habit, because ease in a tab should not mean that you only rely on browser storage. For long-term work with large projects Krita or another desktop editor is often better managed.