Software Alternatives & Reviews

ppInk VS Gromit-MPX

Compare ppInk VS Gromit-MPX and see what are their differences

ppInk logo ppInk

a fork from gInk, with extra features (shape drawings, text,...)

Gromit-MPX logo Gromit-MPX

Create annotations by directly drawing on your screen.
  • ppInk Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-01
  • Gromit-MPX Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-13

ppInk videos

ppInk and gInk Tutorial

Gromit-MPX videos

Desktop Annotation, Draw Anywhere on Screen: Gromit-MPX for Thinkpad Yoga 12 on Ubuntu

More videos:

  • Review - On-screen annotation (Free draw on desktop): Gromit-MPX vs Compiz Annotate

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to ppInk and Gromit-MPX)
Digital Drawing And Painting
Image Editing
33 33%
67% 67
Graphic Design Software
33 33%
67% 67
Document Automation
42 42%
58% 58

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Gromit-MPX seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

ppInk mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of ppInk yet. Tracking of ppInk recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Gromit-MPX mentions (2)

  • Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
    I have an XP-Pen as well. Works great in Linux. I'm still amazed at how high quality these non-Wacom tablets are today. I had one of those cheap 6" Wacom Graphites back in the early 2000s and that was the best you could get. My XP-Pen blows that thing away. Still haven't found a great place to put it though. I'm just stashing it off to the side but it's awkward moving it around all the time. If you're on Linux,... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
  • Image viewer with annotations (etc add rectangle)
    I use Gromit-MPX. With it you can toggle "painting mode" with a hotkey (e.g. F9), making your screen essentially a big whiteboard on which you can draw in various colors and thiccnessess. Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ppInk and Gromit-MPX, you can also consider the following products

Epic Pen - A windows tool for drawing over your desktop and applications

gInk - An on-screen on-screen annotation software for Windows.

FrontSketch - Highlight, annotate, draw, capture, write on your computer screen during run-time

Pylote - To draw on the screen and to handle the instruments of geometry there.

Pointofix - Pointofix unterstützt Sie bei Vorträgen, Schulungen und Präsentationen. Zeichnen Sie direkt auf dem Bildschirm und heben Sie wichtige Inhalte hervor. Pointofix ist kostenlos.

ZoomIt - Presentation utility for zooming and drawing on the screen.