Flatsonar

Vara

by Nandakumar Edamana

Minimalist digital painting

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-only v0.1.251018
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About

Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. It belongs to the group of applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features. The main focus is on simplicity.

  • Smooth and pressure-sensitive brushes
  • Any number of layers
  • 32-bit high dynamic range workflow
  • Linear RGB colorspace with gamma correction
  • Beginner-friendly, but advanced options available

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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