[Format]: .kra~ #1077

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2. KnifeLemon commented on Nov 4, 2026

   

   KnifeLemon

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   Thanks, @ahm3dhussainn-dotcom.

   A .kra~ file is the backup Krita keeps of your previous save: the same KRA file with ~ added to its name.

   Filee 2.3.0 reads .kra (#1047): https://github.com/KnifeLemon/Filee/releases/tag/v2.3.0
   Until it takes .kra~ directly, rename a copy from name.kra~ to name.kra and drop it on Filee: it converts to PNG, JPG, WebP and the other picture formats.

   We'll make Filee recognise .kra~ itself, so the renaming isn't needed. I'll link the change here.
3. KnifeLemon

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   Read Krita's .kra~ backup files (#1077)

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   Merge pull request #1101 from KnifeLemon/feat/kra-backup

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   closed this as completedin #1101on Nov 4, 2026
5. KnifeLemon commented on Nov 4, 2026

   

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   @ahm3dhussainn-dotcom Filee now reads .kra~ directly (#1101). It ships in the next version.

   • Drop sketch.kra~ and it converts like sketch.kra. The result is named sketch.png.
   • Watch folders skip .kra~ (and any name ending in ~). Krita writes the backup next to your drawing on every save, so converting it too would put the previous picture under the same name.

   Until the update, renaming a copy to .kra still works.