# Where is the best place to go for plugin help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Developer Questions\ **Created:** [January 25, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519 "2026-01-25T01:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/1 "2026-01-25T01:11:09Z")
I’m wondering if there’s a community discord or something for developing plugins and stuff like that. Something a little more immediate than a forum. I’ve been trying to fix some of the things that annoy me about Krita before switching to it completely but so far the plugin development has been even more frustrating. Stuff that I think should be simple takes hours of trial and error, digging through other people’s code, GPT gaslighting me, broken links and incomplete docs. ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/2 "2026-01-25T07:53:57Z")
Here is the place, sorry, Discord is more for blah blah. Michelist ---
**Author:** ![EyeOdin](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/eyeodin/32/2662_2.png) [@EyeOdin](https://krita-artists.org/u/EyeOdin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/3 "2026-01-25T08:00:27Z")
Dont use ai for coding. It does not know what it is saying and you wont learn how to do it. If you have questions make a thread and ask. People that know will probably answer. ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/4 "2026-01-25T08:41:09Z")
There’s a matrix chat room but it’s more of a general chat for quick small questions not for developers specifically. The class documentation is pretty complete but lot of things simply can’t be done easily (or at all) as a python plugin because there is no API for a lot of things Krita can easily do on the c++ level. Also events and hooks are missing, making asynchronous programming almost impossible. Generally developers also don’t like fixing other people’s AI generated code. ---
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/5 "2026-01-27T22:07:13Z")
Don’t worry, I know how and where AI fails. I am an artist, of course I know! I’m not asking it to generate my entire program. Generally I am asking questions about what a method/class is and it’s pretty good at that. I’m figuring out how to read the QT docs for more in depth usage. I got gaslit when I asked it if the notifier had a signal for when a new brush preset was changed. It knew I wanted to hear a yes answer, so it made up a presetChanged signal. Silly me thought this was the exact kind of thing the notifier was used for and didn’t verify. I’m new to python so I thought I was the problem. Two hours later of looking for alternatives it had made up about 10 other nonexistant methods and signals because GPT is incapable of saying it doesn’t know how to do something. ---
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/6 "2026-01-27T22:18:06Z")
Do you think it’s worth learning how to develop the functionality I am looking for in C++? The deeper I get into the python side of things the more it feels like I simply can’t do the things I want to. ---
**Author:** ![tenzindraws](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/tenzindraws/32/178315_2.png) [@tenzindraws](https://krita-artists.org/u/tenzindraws)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/7 "2026-01-27T22:26:20Z")
What changes are you trying to make? Python plugins can only get you so far within the bounds of what signals already exist and adding workarounds. ---
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/8 "2026-01-27T22:49:23Z")
The more I use Krita the more this list grows lol 😅 Ordered by how easy I think it will be to do. ```auto DONE One shortcut to toggle Timeline and Curve Animation Dockers Optional Onion Skin docker included Activate brush tool when brush preset is selected. (select in docker or shortcut) - Mostly Done. Couldn't get selection from docker to work. Can't convert C++ object argument to python TODO Truncate brush size to whole numbers when above 10px unless specifically input. Shrink canvas tab height by half. Transform tool tab between modes. Press Transform tool shortcut again when already in use? Maybe a 'Next Mode' shortcut with contextual functionality that can be unique to different tools? Export default to PNG May need to make a whole dialogue box for this or something. May be useful in the future if I want to add more options like... toggle to auto crop to output zone exclude certain layers- tagged specific color or something "draft layers" from csp Add 'Add Transform Mask to current layer' button to animation curves editor adds a transform mask layer as child of current layer if one doesn't already exist. alternate invocation button press moves selected pixels of current layer, or topmost level of pixels touched when there is no selection made. (CSP hold control to move pixels without opening transform tool) Have transform masks remember which channels have been left visible in curves editor to reduce clutter. Consistent marks for easy spacing in Animation Timeline & Curves Editor. Min every 4 frames theres a slightly lighter vertical line to for easy counting When timeline is zoomed the num frames between lines goes up by power of 2 depending on zoom level. Alternative to Kenetic scrolling- Scrolling with the 'pan canvas' alternate invocation key only. (space for me) Will probably have to unify the Alt invocation controls of paning/scrolling and stuff of Animation Timeline and Curves Editor with the canvas Maybe not needed- Test first if Kenetic scrolling is the actual cause of the bugs with draging in the curves editor Add toggle that changes the the displayed coordinates of the Animation Curves graph as relative to their starting position. Add toggle that converts displayed coords to be global. Like a psuedo IK and FK animation thing. When editing in this mode it bakes in the inverted transformation of it's parents so that an object can be moved and graphed independantly. Does not actually change anything about the transformation mask's transformations just how it is displayed and some extra steps when editing in this mode. This one is way above my capabilities in math :( Left-Right alt invocation Zoom (eh... I got used to it already) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Maverick](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/maverick/32/55239_2.png) [@Maverick](https://krita-artists.org/u/Maverick)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/9 "2026-01-28T01:54:51Z")
I don’t know much about coding and i just don”t have the time with work and kids to learn to code and and create the plugin on my own right now (Life is a mess). If i had time i would. Anyways, I used AI to help me create a reference docker and i think it came out great 😅 .. I will be posting it up soon so that people can use it if they want. ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/10 "2026-01-28T09:31:29Z")
A few points on your to-do list are already solved. For reducing the tab height there are at least two plugins I know that can do it, but although one of the best plugins ever, in this case [Touchify](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchify-plugin-tablet-touch-friendly-accessibility-more/74630) would be overkill, and I recommend the [Krita UI-Redesign](https://github.com/veryprofessionaldodo/Krita-UI-Redesign) plugin. The default export file type and the horizontal zooming both will come with Krita 5.3: ![use horizontal axis for Canvas Zoom Action](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/b/0/b034d3d0aa0c57d737a1cdf0abf7a41e5be73035.webp) ![default export file-type](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/d/ed9ed00aca1951a678f57ba5a26b00090af75cd0.webp) Michelist ---
**Author:** ![Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/takiro/32/209381_2.png) [@Takiro](https://krita-artists.org/u/Takiro)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/11 "2026-01-28T10:02:15Z")
When developing core features in C++ the problem is that you would have to maintain your own Krita version which is kinda annoying since you can’t do C++ plugins. When your changes are generally useful to other people you could try making a merge request and it gets integrated into mainline Krita. For what you want to do, I don’t know if it’s possible since it mostly seems specific to just how you want it to have for yourself to work. But what you could do is create the python bindings you feel are missing, this will probably have a good chance of being merged into Krita and then you (and others too) can use the extended Python API for the plugin. UI wise a lot can be done with a Plug-In. I recommend taking a look at this > [@Python Plugin Developer Tools](https://krita-artists.org/t/python-plugin-developer-tools/30615): > > Introducing Python Plugin developer Tools! The goal of these tools is to make it easier for people to develop python plugins. Current features include: Selector/Sampler - for selecting with the mouse PyQt5 objects. Hold the shift key(or optionally ctrl/alt/meta key) and move the mouse as you wish, when you find the item you want, let go of the shift and it will show up in inspector. Inspector - Lets you browse/search the PyQt5 tree and also view all the properties (including inher… It’s like the dev tools of a web-browser and lets you inspect Kritas Qt visual tree and properties, which can help a lot when you want to add buttons or change behavior of certain UI elements. As for changing how certain tools work (aside from button presses or something). I don’t think it can be done in Python, even with an extended Python API. It is as if you want to change how the engine of a car works compared to changing its gearing. ---
**Author:** ![tenzindraws](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/tenzindraws/32/178315_2.png) [@tenzindraws](https://krita-artists.org/u/tenzindraws)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/12 "2026-01-28T21:01:55Z")
> Export default to PNG > exclude certain layers A plugin for this already exists! [Quick Export Layers Docker Plugin](https://krita-artists.org/t/quick-export-layers-docker-plugin/157707) You can set a default file format to export and even skip the export dialog so it’s as simple as clicking the “Export” button. You have two ways of filtering out layers to export but I assume you could easily add additional color specific/name specific filters. Also I’ve forked the plugin so you can rename your exported file and also export in multiple file formats and sizes which I’ve shared in the plugin’s thread. ![image](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8132a28a5d3ec7d5b13a22c1eb0c6712ceff87d.png) ---
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/13 "2026-01-29T08:27:26Z")
Cool. Good to know that’s coming down the road! ---
**Author:** ![boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@boyx3](https://krita-artists.org/u/boyx3)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/14 "2026-01-29T08:28:45Z")
I like your idea of making the python bindings. I will have to look into that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-go-for-plugin-help/161519/15 "2026-02-28T08:29:20Z")
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