These are the offline installers, portable ZIPs, and deployment MSIs for Paint.NET. The web installer is also provided, which will download and run the correct installer for any supported CPU and OS.
Release notes: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/131496-paintnet-51-beta-build-9064/
System Requirements:
- Windows 11, or Windows 10 v21H2, or Windows Server 2022
- 64-bit CPU (Intel/AMD x64 with AVX2, or ARM64)
- GPU with support for Direct3D 11, such as an NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon, Intel Arc, Intel Iris (Plus or Xe), or Intel UHD
- SSD
- Optional: A display that supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) or Wide Color Gamut (WCG)
- Optional: A pen or drawing tablet that supports Windows Ink
Notes about supported hardware:
- Examples of CPUs with AVX2 include:
- Intel Core 4th generation (Haswell, 2013) or newer
- AMD Ryzen 1st generation (2017) or newer.
- For a list of GPUs that support Direct3D 11, see the "11_0" row in the table at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_levels_in_Direct3D
Notes about unsupported hardware:
- Intel/AMD CPUs without AVX2 will work but will be slower. Our testing and optimization efforts no longer include Intel/AMD CPUs without AVX2.
- An HDD will work but will have slow performance and it is not supported. Our testing and optimization efforts no longer include HDDs.
- GPUs that do not support Direct3D 11 cannot be used, relegating those tasks to the CPU, and performance will be slow. Some effects may take an excruciatingly long time to render.
(Friendly hint: If you don't know what an MSI is, then it's almost certainly not the download you want. Just grab the "anycpu" installer if you're not sure which one to use.)
The "source code" ZIP does not contain any actual files or source code, it is just included automatically as part of GitHub's "releases" functionality.