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Paintlet
MS Paint for Mac: native, open source, no AI
Paintlet is a simple, native macOS paint app - Windows 11 Paint's features in a Mac app. Just the classic Paint tool set, nothing more: pencil, brush, shapes, curve, flood fill, text, etc. MIT license.
About Paintlet on Product Hunt
“MS Paint for Mac: native, open source, no AI”
Paintlet was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 16 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #96 on the daily leaderboard. Paintlet is a simple, native macOS paint app - Windows 11 Paint's features in a Mac app. Just the classic Paint tool set, nothing more: pencil, brush, shapes, curve, flood fill, text, etc. MIT license.
On the analytics side, Paintlet competes within Mac, Design Tools, Open Source and GitHub — topics that collectively have 475k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Paintlet performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Paintlet?
Paintlet was hunted by Bai Li. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Paintlet including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.


The native macOS feel is a nice touch, especially how the tool icons and canvas frame match Apple's design language rather than feeling like a Windows port. Glad it's MIT licensed too.