Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.6.4.12 (March 24th 2026)

Latest stable release build: 2.6.4
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.6.4

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• SFTP: Updated fzssh to 1.1.7 to address corrupted uploads

The Stable channel has been updated to 146.0.7680.164/165 for Windows/Mac  and 146.0.7680.164 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log

Security Fixes and Rewards

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.

This update includes 8 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

[$7000][485397284] High CVE-2026-4673: Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-18

[TBD][488188166] High CVE-2026-4674: Out of bounds read in CSS. Reported by Syn4pse on 2026-02-27

[TBD][488270257] High CVE-2026-4675: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL. Reported by 86ac1f1587b71893ed2ad792cd7dde32 on 2026-02-27

[TBD][488613135] High CVE-2026-4676: Use after free in Dawn. Reported by 86ac1f1587b71893ed2ad792cd7dde32 on 2026-03-01

[TBD][490533968] High CVE-2026-4677: Out of bounds read in WebAudio. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-03-07

[TBD][491164019] High CVE-2026-4678: Use after free in WebGPU. Reported by Google on 2026-03-10

[TBD][491516670] High CVE-2026-4679: Integer overflow in Fonts. Reported by GF, Un3xploitable Of DeadSec on 2026-03-11

[TBD][491869946] High CVE-2026-4680: Use after free in FedCM. Reported by Shaheen Fazim on 2026-03-12

We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.

Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.

Srinivas Sista

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• Updated fzssh to 1.1.6 to improve SSH channel window handling

Donations are appreciated. There is now a PayPal option.

Changes from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.81-7-g8c4ee

Changes:

• For some users it was unclear that all nodes in the settings tree corresponded to pages, so now there is a leaf node for all pages.
• Added hotkey for toggling "Override all styles".

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

OpenSubtitles download error 406

Subtitle downloads from OpenSubtitles may fail depending on time of day. This is due to our daily download quota being exceeded. Current amount of donations is barely enough to pay for the existing quota. So it is unlikely that quota can be increased and situation will get worse over time.
If you create an OpenSubtitles account and configure it in MPC-HC settings then you may be able to bypass the quota.
Options > Subtitles > Misc > Right-click on OpenSubtitles.com > Setup > Fill in username/password

Overview of features

A lot of people seem to be unaware of some of the awesome features that have been added to MPC-HC in the past years. Here is a list of useful options and features that everyone should know about:

• Play HDR video
  This requires using either MPC Video Renderer (MPCVR) or madVR.
  These renderers can be selected here:
  Options > Playback > Output
  With other video renderers, the colors will be wrong!
  MPCVR is now included and is the recommended renderer for modern systems. MadVR needs to be installed separately. MPCVR also supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not.
  For optimal performance you should change the hardware decoder to D3D11 in LAV Video Decoder settings when using MPCVR on Windows 10/11, because this renderer uses DirectX11.
• The installer of MPC-HC is very basic (and that will not change).
  I therefore recommend using K-Lite Codec Pack. That includes MPC-HC and other essential components. It has a very advanced installation that can automatically create file associations, and helps you with easy configuration of important MPC-HC settings.
  The Standard version should be sufficient for most people. Use Full version of you like to use MadVR.
• Modern GUI Theme (Dark or Light)
  Options > Player > User Interface
  It is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
• Video preview on the seekbar
  Options > Player > User Interface > Hover type
• Ability to search for subtitles
  Press D for manual search.
  Or enable automatic search in: Options > Subtitles > Misc
• Adjust playback speed
  Menu > Play > Playback rate
  The buttons in the player that control playback rate take a 2x step by default. This can be customized to smaller values (like 10%):
  Options > Playback > Speed step
  Adjusting playback speed works best with the internal audio renderer. This also has automatic pitch correction.
  Options > Playback > Output > Audio Renderer
• MPC-HC can remember playback position, so you can resume from that point later
  Options > Player > History
• You can quickly seek through a video with Ctrl + Mouse Scrollwheel.
• You can jump to next/previous file in a folder by pressing PageUp/PageDown.
• You can perform automatic actions at end of file. For example to go to next file or close player.
  Options > Playback > After Playback (permanent setting)
  Menu > Play > After Playback (for current file only)
• A-B repeat
  You can loop a segment of a video. Press [ and ] to set start and stop markers.
• You can rotate/flip/mirror/stretch/zoom the video
  Menu > View > Pan&Scan
  This is also easily done with hotkeys (see below).
• There are lots of keyboard hotkeys and mouse actions to control the player. They can be customized as well.
  Options > Player > Keys
  Tip: there is a search box above the table.
• You can stream videos directly from Youtube and many other video websites
  Put yt-dlp.exe in the MPC-HC installation folder.
  Then you can open website URLs in the player: Menu > File > Open File/URL
  You can even download those videos: Menu > File > Save a copy
  Tip: to be able to download in best quality with yt-dlp, it is recommended to also put ffmpeg.exe in the MPC-HC folder.
  Several YDL configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced
  This includes an option to specify the location of yt-dlp.exe in case you don't want to put it in MPC-HC folder.
  Note 1: You also need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
  Note 2: yt-dlp nightly build (very latest version made daily)
  Note 3: yt-dlp win7 compatible build
• Besides all these (new) features, there have also been many bugfixes and internal improvements in the player in the past years that give better performance and stability. It also has updated internal codecs. Support was added for CUE sheets, WebVTT subtitles, etc.

MPC Video Renderer

Frequently Asked Questions

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• FTP: Fixed a crash when transfers are aborted

The Stable channel has been updated to 146.0.7680.153/154 for Windows/Mac  and 146.0.7680.153 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log

Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.

This update includes 26 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

[TBD][475877320] Critical CVE-2026-4439: Out of bounds memory access in WebGL. Reported by Goodluck on 2026-01-15
[TBD][485935305] Critical CVE-2026-4440: Out of bounds read and write in WebGL. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-20
[TBD][489381399] Critical CVE-2026-4441: Use after free in Base. Reported by Google on 2026-03-03
[TBD][484751092] High CVE-2026-4442: Heap buffer overflow in CSS. Reported by Syn4pse on 2026-02-16
[TBD][485292589] High CVE-2026-4443: Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-18
[TBD][486349161] High CVE-2026-4444: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-21
[TBD][486421953] High CVE-2026-4445: Use after free in WebRTC. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-22
[TBD][486421954] High CVE-2026-4446: Use after free in WebRTC. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-22
[TBD][486657483] High CVE-2026-4447: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Erge on 2026-02-23
[TBD][486972661] High CVE-2026-4448: Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE. Reported by M. Fauzan Wijaya (Gh05t666nero) on 2026-02-23
[TBD][487117772] High CVE-2026-4449: Use after free in Blink. Reported by Syn4pse on 2026-02-24
[TBD][487746373] High CVE-2026-4450: Out of bounds write in V8. Reported by qymag1c on 2026-02-26
[TBD][487768779] High CVE-2026-4451: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Navigation. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-02-26
[TBD][487977696] High CVE-2026-4452: Integer overflow in ANGLE. Reported by cinzinga on 2026-02-26
[TBD][488400770] High CVE-2026-4453: Integer overflow in Dawn. Reported by sweetchip on 2026-02-27
[TBD][488585488] High CVE-2026-4454: Use after free in Network. Reported by heapracer (@heapracer) on 2026-03-01
[TBD][488585504] High CVE-2026-4455: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-03-01
[TBD][488617440] High CVE-2026-4456: Use after free in Digital Credentials API. Reported by sean wong on 2026-02-28
[TBD][488803413] High CVE-2026-4457: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Zhenpeng (Leo) Lin at depthfirst on 2026-03-01
[TBD][489619753] High CVE-2026-4458: Use after free in Extensions. Reported by Shaheen Fazim on 2026-03-04
[TBD][490246422] High CVE-2026-4459: Out of bounds read and write in WebAudio. Reported by Jihyeon Jeong (Compsec Lab, Seoul National University / Research Intern) on 2026-03-06
[TBD][490254124] High CVE-2026-4460: Out of bounds read in Skia. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-03-06
[TBD][490558172] High CVE-2026-4461: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Google on 2026-03-07
[TBD][491080830] High CVE-2026-4462: Out of bounds read in Blink. Reported by heapracer (@heapracer) on 2026-03-09
[TBD][491358681] High CVE-2026-4463: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC. Reported by c6eed09fc8b174b0f3eebedcceb1e792 on 2026-03-10
[TBD][487208468] Medium CVE-2026-4464: Integer overflow in ANGLE. Reported by heesun on 2026-02-24

We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.

Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.

Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Srinivas Sista

New features:

• SFTP support is now based on the fzssh library

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• Fix detection of OTP requests from FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server if using non-default FTP encryption options
• MSW: Improve handling of volumes mounted as path instead of as drive letter
• *nix, macOS: Remove custom send buffer option, rely on operating system auto-tuning

The Stable channel has been updated to 146.0.7680.80 for Windows/Mac  and 146.0.7680.80 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log

• AMD Ryzen AI 7/PRO 450G/E, AI 5/PRO 440G/E & 435G/E (Kraken Point 2).
• AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470.
• Fix AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Lucienne) reported as 7350U (Cezanne).
• Preliminary support of Intel Wildcat Lake.
• CQDIMM (4-ranks CUDIMM) memory support.
• Fix DLL hijacking vulnerability thanks to Kwangyun Kem.
• New Chinese translation thanks to Shinjo Kurumi.

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• FTP: Fixed path display in NSLT output

The Stable channel has been updated to 146.0.7680.75/76 for Windows/Mac  and 146.0.7680.75 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log

Security Fixes and Rewards

Updated 2026-03-13: The previous version of these notes included CVE-2026-3909, the fix
for which will instead be available in a future update.

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.

Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Srinivas Sista

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 146 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

12.16 - 2026-03-10

⛰️ Features

• (packaging) Add libqt6pas dependency - (a3e6d0b)
• (packaging) Ship qt6 build in deb package, enhance control file fields - (992b673)
• (ui) Turn all TEdit's with NumbersOnly into TSpinEditEx - (96bb466)
• Select just created table copy - (18e9431)
• Add toolbar button for toggling reverse foreign key listing, so the user has the chance to disable its potentially long during query - (938f303)
• Reverse foreign keys on "Foreign keys" tab in table editor - (ca48343)
• Add menu item Edit > Copy column names - (ce93931)
• Prevent loading an SQL file multiple times into an editor - (153e61d)
• Add sshpass.exe v1.0.6 for Windows, and refactor Windows installer script - (d79d462)
• Inject app name and version into potentially long during SQL queries for the SQL export - (93e1b39)
• Run user startup script in DoAfterConnect call, which includes reconnects - (1b27b1d)
• Add "Display" main menu, move some spread items there, and add two items for toggling log panel and tree filters - (c0fbcff)
• Support BOOLEAN column type in MySQL - (e796ad1)
• Re-enable clickable "Analyze query" label on host > processes - (678c7b8)
• Create SQL export option for wrapping DML commands in a BEGIN/COMMIT transaction - (5560454)
• Display approximate row count of tables in database tab on MS SQL - (146044f)
• Support full table status option in SQLite, showing "Rows" from COUNT(*) for each table - (422935a)
• Add security policy for supported versions and reporting - (7ce4a23)
• Prefer KILL QUERY over KILL on MySQL and MariaDB, when using the "Kill process" menu item in Host > processlist - (b3743d8)
• New attempt to leave the main window invisible behind the session manager - (be5322c)
• Show virtual, stored and hidden columns in SQLite - (0a87a73)

🚀 Enhancements

• Move color scheme submenu from Tools to Display menu - (f7f90e8)
• Export tables which are hidden through the table filter - (42e5277)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Crash on macOS, due to running Connection.ShowWarnings directly in the TQueryThread - (d62807a)
• Less aggressive debug compile mode, made the app unresponsive when trying to close - (8d48099)
• Two more exception causes found in uploaded reports - (e33ea1d)
• Sporadic "no database selected" when updating grid header with row details - (c9eb765)
• Wrong use of Copy(), which is one-based not zero-based, and remove translated appendix to snipped log message which may use critical chars and confuse SynEdit - (e3fc3f5)
• Various crash causes, reported in uploaded bug reports - (6215d19)
• Missing required package LazControls for TSpinEditEx - (519a84a)
• Remove default keystrokes from query editor: 2x ecRedo and 1x ecDeleteLine - (2bc9d78)
• Wrong SQL on MS SQL when renaming table per table editor - (a763fd1)
• Use default brew path to sshpass on macOS - (b7c3d07)
• Status bar text gets written into the panel right besides the current one, on Linux/macOS - (dfb86d5)
• Several crash causes Host subtabs when connection is lost externally - (1029657)
• Non stored global setting for "sort alphabetically" checkbox in column selection - (0ccb1ac)
• High CPU load and unresponsiveness through SynEdit highlighter when starting to edit large text in popup editor - (676fcd7)
• Crash when enabling TShellListView.MultiSelect in OnFormShow, now sets options per setter method, before FormShow - (2acce35)
• Crash on right-click in empty area of query result grid - (6309305)
• Data grid context menu not opening after click in empty area - (10fc117)
• Repaint columns list after move up/down a column - (6a0cbe3)
• Out-of-memory error in call to sqlite3_open() on a non-existent SQLite database file - (e93924f)
• Font bold + italic setting not stored in settings - (cc5b811)
• Potentially crashing typecast in LoadRecentFilter - (da07591)
• Non-themed white area on TTabControl, fix from zamtmn/metadarkstyle#75 - (7554364)
• Forgotten files in c01a439 - (8098296)
• Initial FK names assigned in TfrmTableEditor.listForeignKeysNewText() were lacking the referencing table's table name in case the referencing table was not created yet (pr from Jochen Neubeck) - (d8cd61c)
• Wrong schema queries in SQLite, always shows columns and indexes of first database file - (7072986)
• BIT values in MS SQL grid queries prefixed with MySQL b'' style - (7456c38)
• Random crash in dodgy typecast TEdit/TEditButton - (37add0f)
• Crash when moving added column to very bottom - (b739799)
• Load any foreign keys, anyway if the user owns them, on PostgreSQL - (dbab4cb)
• Wrong captions on quick filter actions shown in preferences > shortcuts - (3e0bf91)
• Crash in OpenTextFile, for a 0-bytes file - override the encoding to one without BOM - (27e26a6)
• Keep column default value in table editor, when user changes its datatype to one in the same category as before (int => bigint) - (3c518ad)
• Trim away spaces around name of routine parameter silently - (b681ebf)
• Re-enable dropping sql files on main form - (314db47)
• Missing translations, and rephrase the "themes not supported" text - (7dfad02)
• TDBQuery.TableName always returned an empty string on MS SQL - (520a90c)
• TDBQuery.Col() crashes with "Column not available" on certain locales - (a01acd1)
• Reset DesignTimePPI in all forms from 120 to the default 96, let the IDE scale controls down and move or add some defaults like LCLVersion. - (e635ae5)
• Allow $$ as delimiter again on non-PostgreSQL connections, and ` on non-MySQL connections - (71bb25b)

🚜 Refactor

• Migration from Array[TSQLSpecifityId] to TSqlProvider - (31ba8bf)

📚 Documentation

• (ui) Mark VCL styles as deprecated - (1ce80ea)

🎨 Styling

• (ui) Remove border around reverse foreign key list - (6ed145e)

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Bump version for v12.16 release - (d141124)
• Move OpenSSL license file out of the dll folder - (5772d09)
• Add Wine deprecation note used in the Windows builds - (5e34fa9)

Localize

• Update compiled translation files from Transifex - (a5f1a19)

Ui

• Hint the user in which path we are going to look for sshpass (macOS and Windows) - (86a96bd)

Contributors

• @ansgarbecker

ci: bump version for v12.16 release

ci: bump version for v12.15.0.7171

This is a small update that adds a new translation (Kazakh) and updates the bundled DDS and JPEG XL FileType plugins to their latest versions.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.11:

• New: Added a Kazakh (kk) translation
• Updated the bundled DDS FileType Plus plugin to v1.12.14 (thanks @null54!)
• Updated the bundled JPEG XL FileType plugin to v1.2.1 (thanks @null54!)

This is a hotfix for 5.1.10 that fixes the DxgiAdapterService, which is used by plugins that initialize DirectX using their own interop.

The 5.1.10 update was a maintenance release that added a Romanian translation, fixed some important bugs, and updated the bundled FileType plugins.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.10:

• Fixed the DxgiAdapterService not implementing IDxgiAdapterService2 due to a bad merge conflict

Changes in 5.1.10 that were new since 5.1.9:

• New: Added a Romanian (RO) translation
• Fixed a crash (BadNumberException) when moving selected pixels off-canvas, then modifying the selection, then moving the selected pixels back on-canvas
• Changed Effects->Noise->Add Noise’s Coverage property to be a float instead of an integer
• Fixed a rare crash when the system wakes from sleep
• Fixed a small GCHandle leak
• Fixed HlslTernaryFunctionEffect when using 3 value parameters
• Added IDxgiAdapterService2 for plugin use
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.13.1 (thanks @null54!) 
• Updated the bundled JPEG XL FileType plugin to v1.2.0, which improves support for HBD/HDR image loading (thanks @null54!)
• Updated the bundled WebP FileType plugin to v1.6.0 (thanks @null54!)

This is a maintenance release that adds a Romanian translation, fixes some important bugs, and updates the bundled FileType plugins.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.9:

• New: Added a Romanian (RO) translation
• Fixed a crash (BadNumberException) when moving selected pixels off-canvas, then modifying the selection, then moving the selected pixels back on-canvas
• Changed Effects->Noise->Add Noise’s Coverage property to be a float instead of an integer
• Fixed a rare crash when the system wakes from sleep
• Fixed a small GCHandle leak
• Fixed HlslTernaryFunctionEffect when using 3 value parameters
• Added IDxgiAdapterService2 for plugin use
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.13.1 (thanks @null54!)
• Updated the bundled JPEG XL FileType plugin to v1.2.0, which improves support for HBD/HDR image loading
  (thanks @null54!)
• Updated the bundled WebP FileType plugin to v1.6.0 (thanks @null54!)

This is a maintenance release that adds a Bulgarian translation and fixes some important bugs.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.8:

• New: Added Bulgarian (bg) translation
• Fixed: The Levels and Auto-Level adjustments were crashing with panoramic images due to a bug in Direct2D that caused it to attempt allocating a texture that was too large
• Fixed: Using a non-solid fill pattern with a non-opaque color was resulting in the wrong colors being drawn to the layer due to a mixup between straight and premultiplied alpha
• Fixed: Non-CMYK images with an embedded CMYK color profile were being rendered with completely wrong colors
• Fixed a few small memory leaks

This is a simple maintenance release that mostly fixes a few small bugs, and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.7:

• Fixed an issue where a JPEG with an XYZ color profile was taking a very long time to load
• Fixed the ability to use relative paths to open images via paintdotnet.exe when Paint.NET is already open
• New: Added +/- buttons in the toolbar for the Text tool’s font size
• Improved the robustness of file saving in pathological scenarios (e.g. power outage at the very end of saving)
• Added a /resetWindows command-line parameter to assist in troubleshooting scenarios
• Updated the bundled DDSFileTypePlus plugin to v1.12.13 (thanks @null54!)

This is a hotfix for brush rendering to not occasionally have segments that are drawn twice.

The 5.1.6 update was a hotfix for a memory leak, and also updated the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash on ARM64.

The 5.1.5 update added JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improved quantization color quality, updated AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixed some bugs.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.6:

• Fixed a bug in the UI system that was causing the brush tools to occasionally process pointer input events twice.
• Updated the bundled JpegXLFileType plugin to v1.1.3 (thanks @null54!).

Changes since 5.1.5:

• Fixed a memory leak when flattening an image and then undoing that change.
• Updated the bundled JpegXLFileType plugin to v1.1.2 to fix a crash on ARM64 (thanks @null54!).

Changes since 5.1.4:

• New: JPEG XL (*.jxl) images are now supported by way of bundling @null54‘s JpegXLFileType plugin
• Fixed the Levels adjustment not honoring the active selection.
• Fixed some more mouse cursor issues when completing certain actions with certain tools.
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the Adjustments menu not working reliably.
• Fixed most cases of tooltips blinking on/off when drawn near the bottom of the screen (thanks @toe_head2001!).
• Fixed some new high-DPI scaling issues in toolbar dropdowns.
• Improved quantization quality for Effects->Color-Quantize and when saving an image at 8-bit depth and below. This was done by merging octree node colors in linear gamma space.
• Fixed some incorrect background text color rendering in the status bar.
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.12.1, which improves conversion from HDR images utilizing the Rec. 2020 PQ color space (thanks @null54).
• Updated the bundled WebpFileType plugin to v1.5.0 (thanks @null54!).

This is a hotfix for 5.1.5 that fixes a memory leak, and also updates the bundled JPEG XL plugin to fix a crash on ARM64.

The 5.1.5 update added JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improved quantization color quality, updatesdAVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixed some bugs.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.5:

• Fixed a memory leak when flattening an image and then undoing that change.
• Updated the bundled JpegXLFileType plugin to fix a crash on ARM64 (thanks @null54!).

Changes since 5.1.4:

• New: JPEG XL (*.jxl) images are now supported by way of bundling @null54‘s JpegXLFileType plugin
• Fixed the Levels adjustment not honoring the active selection.
• Fixed some more mouse cursor issues when completing certain actions with certain tools.
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the Adjustments menu not working reliably.
• Fixed most cases of tooltips blinking on/off when drawn near the bottom of the screen (thanks @toe_head2001!).
• Fixed some new high-DPI scaling issues in toolbar dropdowns.
• Improved quantization quality for Effects->Color-Quantize and when saving an image at 8-bit depth and below. This was done by merging octree node colors in linear gamma space.
• Fixed some incorrect background text color rendering in the status bar.
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.12.1, which improves conversion from HDR images utilizing the Rec. 2020 PQ color space (thanks @null54).
• Updated the bundled WebpFileType plugin to v1.5.0 (thanks @null54!).

This update adds JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improves quantization color quality, updates AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixes some bugs.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)
  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.4:

• New: JPEG XL (*.jxl) images are now supported by way of bundling @null54‘s JpegXLFileType plugin
• Fixed the Levels adjustment not honoring the active selection.
• Fixed some more mouse cursor issues when completing certain actions with certain tools.
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the Adjustments menu not working reliably.
• Fixed most cases of tooltips blinking on/off when drawn near the bottom of the screen (thanks @toe_head2001!).
• Fixed some new high-DPI scaling issues in toolbar dropdowns.
• Improved quantization quality for Effects->Color-Quantize and when saving an image at 8-bit depth and below. This was done by merging octree node colors in linear gamma space.
• Fixed some incorrect background text color rendering in the status bar.
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.12.1, which improves conversion from HDR images utilizing the Rec. 2020 PQ color space (thanks @null54).
• Updated the bundled WebpFileType plugin to v1.5.0 (thanks @null54!).

This update adds JPEG XL (*.jxl) support, improves quantization color quality, updates AVIF loading to better handle mapping HDR images to SDR, and fixes some bugs.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.4:

• New: JPEG XL (*.jxl) images are now supported by way of bundling @null54‘s JpegXLFileType plugin
• Fixed the Levels adjustment not honoring the active selection.
• Fixed some more mouse cursor issues when completing certain actions with certain tools.
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts in the Adjustments menu not working reliably.
• Fixed most cases of tooltips blinking on/off when drawn near the bottom of the screen (thanks @toe_head2001!).
• Fixed some new high-DPI scaling issues in toolbar dropdowns.
• Improved quantization quality for Effects->Color-Quantize and when saving an image at 8-bit depth and below. This was done by merging octree node colors in linear gamma space.
• Fixed some incorrect background text color rendering in the status bar.
• Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.12.0, which improves conversion from HDR images utilizing the Rec. 2020 PQ color space (thanks @null54!).
• Updated the bundled WebpFileType plugin to v1.5.0 (thanks @null54!).

Download and Install

This build is available via the built-in updater as long as you have opted-in to pre-release updates. From within Settings -> Updates, enable “Also check for pre-release (beta) versions of paint.net” and then click on the Check Now button. You can also use the links below to download an offline installer or portable ZIP.

You can also download the installer here (for any supported CPU and OS), which is also where you can find downloads for offline installers, portable ZIPs, and deployable MSIs.

This update is mostly a hotfix that fixes installation on Windows Server systems.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)
  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.3:

• Fixed: Installation on Windows Server will no longer fail with an error about a missing srclient DLL.
• Improved: When saving an image fails due to Windows Defender’s “Controlled Folder Access” setting, the error message will mention that instead of being a generic “I/O failure” message.
• New: GIF Comment metadata is now preserved. It maps to EXIF Photo.UserComment tags.
• Improved: Consolidated the number of threads used for Async Present from 3 per image (canvas, left ruler, top ruler) to 3 total.
• Improved: ColorManagementEffect now supports DxgiColorSpace color contexts (for plugin developers).

32.1 New Features

• Overhauled the Audio Mixer [Warchamp7]
  • Adjusted the horizontal layout
  • Adjusted the vertical layout
  • Added button to swap layouts to the toolbar
  • Changed the default layout to vertical
  • Added button to toggle audio monitoring
  • Sources in the preview are now shown while in Studio Mode
  • Added ability to pin audio sources
    • Pinned sources are always displayed
    • Global audio sources are always pinned
  • Added ability to display sources set to hide
  • Added ability to display sources that are not in the current scene
• Added WebRTC Simulcast Support [Sean-Der]
• Added missing undo/redo actions for scene items [cg2121]
  • Scale filtering, blending mode, blending method, deinterlacing mode and deinterlacing field order
• Added partial support for Canvases to obs-websocket [exeldro/tt2468/Warchamp7]

32.1 Changes

• Improved security of browser sources using local files [Warchamp7]
• Improved plugin manager by allowing enabling/disabling missing plugins [Warchamp7]
• Removed "Source" from source names [Warchamp7]
• Updated the Edit Transform dialog [Warchamp7]
• Changed copying a scene item to copy all properties [cg2121/Warchamp7]
• Disabled dock animations [Warchamp7]
• Moved transition preview button to button box [exeldro]
• Rearranged default dock positions [Warchamp7]
• Increased media source playback slider update rate [Warchamp7]
• Enabled palette for Light theme audio mixer [Warchamp7]
• Changed default bitrates to 6000 kbps [mihawk90]

32.1 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash if some source data was null [Penwy]
• Fixed a crash on Linux when changing profiles or on application shutdown [hoshinolina]
• Fixed a possible crash on macOS during application shutdown if YouTube docks were active [PatTheMav]
• Fixed an issue where projector resolutions had decimals [Warchamp7]
• Fixed sync of Preview/Program size and positioning [Warchamp7]
• Refactored OBSBasic::Save to only save frontend canvas scenes/groups [dsaedtler]
• Fixed NAL type for HEVC caption/BPM SEIs [dsaedtler]
• Fixed an issue where video scaling could be incorrect in multivideo encoder scenarios [dsaedtler]
• Fixed an issue with chapter markers having incorrect time when using file splitting [garyholmes]
• Fixed an issue where some recordings could have black thumbnails [derrod]
• Fixed an issue where the NVIDIA Blur and Background Blur could have banding or look splotchy [pkviet]
• Fixed an issue where macOS Screen Capture would select an item for capture by default [jcm93]
• Fixed an issue with PipeWire when capturing a device that does not require a framerate [tytan652]
• Fixed an issue where PipeWire Camera framerates listed could be incorrect [tytan652]
• Fixed an issue where HDR video playback in Media Source could be darker than expected [xtfo]
• Fixed an issue that could cause OBS to become unable to change profiles or video settings [exeldro]
• Fixed an issue that could cause transitions to become locked [Warchamp7]

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Release 2.24.