GIMP
Image retouching and editing tool
Also known as GNU Image Manipulation Program
- Instance of
- Founded
- July 29, 1995
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Sources- 1.“How It All Started...”gimp.org/about/prehistory.htmlRetrieved 2017-02-13
- July 29, 1995
- Website
Overview
All data
380 statements · 64% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Written in
- C
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Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The gimp Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/gimp/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-07-14
- C
- License
- GNU General Public License, version 3.0
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Sources- 1.git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/COPYING
- 2.Stated in GitHub“gimp/COPYING at master · GNOME/gimp”github.com/GNOME/gimp/blob/master/COPYINGRetrieved 2026-10-11
- GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0
- GNU General Public License, version 3.0
- Latest version
- 3.4 version type: pre-release version, beta version · released: March 14, 2026
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Sources- 1.“Milestone 3.4”gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/milestones/33#tab-issuesRetrieved 2026-06-21
- 2.“Roadmaps”developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/Retrieved 2026-04-03
- 3.2.6 version type: stable version · released: September 10, 2026
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 3.2.6 Released”gimp.org/news/2026/09/10/gimp-3-2-6-released/Retrieved 2026-09-11
- 2.8.16 released: November 21, 2015 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“[Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.8.16 released”mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2015-November/msg00055.html
- 2.download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/stable/
- 2.8.14 released: August 26, 2014 · version type: stable version · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.8.14 released”mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list/2014-August/msg00054.html
- 2.9.2 released: November 27, 2015 · version type: beta version
- 2.8.18 released: July 14, 2016 · version type: stable version · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.8.18 Released”gimp.org/news/2016/07/14/gimp-2-8-18-released/Retrieved 2016-07-14
- 2.9.4 released: July 13, 2016 · version type: beta version · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.9.4 Released”gimp.org/news/2016/07/13/gimp-2-9-4-released/
- 2.8.20 released: February 1, 2017 · version type: stable version · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.8.20 Released”gimp.org/news/2017/02/01/gimp-2-8-20-released/Retrieved 2017-02-08
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- 2.8.22 released: May 11, 2017 · version type: stable version · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.8.22 Released”gimp.org/news/2017/05/11/gimp-2-8-22-released/Retrieved 2017-05-11
- 2.9.6 version type: beta version · released: August 24, 2017 · download url: download.gimp.org
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Sources- 1.“GIMP 2.9.6 Released”gimp.org/news/2017/08/24/gimp-2-9-6-released/
- 1.0.0 released: June 3, 1998
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- 1.0.1 released: September 28, 1998
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- 1.0.2 released: October 15, 1998
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- 1.0.3 released: April 4, 1999
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- 1.2.0 released: December 25, 2000
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- 1.2.1 released: January 22, 2001
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- 1.2.2 released: July 26, 2001
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- 1.2.3 released: February 12, 2002
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- 1.2.4 released: May 19, 2003
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- 1.2.5 released: June 14, 2003
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- 2.0.0 released: March 23, 2004
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- 2.0.1 released: April 14, 2004
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- 2.0.2 released: June 15, 2004
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- 2.0.3 released: July 17, 2004
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- 2.0.4 released: August 5, 2004
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- 2.0.5 released: September 25, 2004
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- 2.0.6 released: November 2, 2004
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- 2.2.0 released: December 19, 2004
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- 2.2.1 released: December 28, 2004
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- 2.2.2 released: January 9, 2005
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- 2.2.3 released: January 22, 2005
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- 2.2.4 released: February 22, 2005
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- 2.2.5 released: April 9, 2005
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- 2.2.6 released: April 10, 2005
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- 2.2.7 released: May 8, 2005
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- 2.2.8 released: June 27, 2005
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- 2.2.9 released: October 27, 2005
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- 2.2.10 released: December 27, 2005
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- 2.2.11 released: April 13, 2006
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- 2.2.12 released: July 6, 2006
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- 2.2.13 released: August 24, 2006
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- 2.2.14 released: April 18, 2007
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- 2.2.15 released: May 26, 2007
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- 2.2.16 released: July 6, 2007
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- 2.2.17 released: July 13, 2007
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- 2.4.0 released: October 24, 2007
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- 2.4.1 released: October 31, 2007
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- 2.4.2 released: November 20, 2007
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- 2.4.3 released: December 16, 2007
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- 2.4.4 released: January 30, 2008
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- 2.4.5 released: February 29, 2008
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- 2.4.6 released: May 29, 2008
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- 2.4.7 released: August 21, 2008
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- 2.6.0 released: September 30, 2008
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- 2.6.1 released: October 8, 2008
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- 2.6.2 released: October 30, 2008
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- 2.6.3 released: November 21, 2008
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- 2.6.4 released: January 1, 2009
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- 2.6.5 released: February 15, 2009
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- 2.6.6 released: March 16, 2009
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- 3.4 version type: pre-release version, beta version · released: March 14, 2026
- Released
- November 21, 1995
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- November 21, 1995
- Readable file format
- eXperimental Computing Facility(since 1997)
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.10/fr/gimp-images-out.htmlRetrieved 2020-10-18
- 2.korben.info/gimp-nouveau-format-projet.htmlRetrieved 2026-08-18
- 3.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/Retrieved 2026-08-18
- Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG File Interchange Format, version 1.02
- GIF
- TIFF
- Photoshop File Format
- Windows Bitmap
- OpenEXR
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- CCITT Group 3
- Flexible Image Transport System
- Autodesk FLI/FLC
- ICO
- WebP Lossless
- Silicon Graphics Image
- KiSS CEL 8-bit
- KiSS CEL 4-bit
- KiSS color file
- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine file
- GIMP Brush
- JP2
- GIMP Pattern
- PCX file format family
- GIMP Animated Brush
- Portable Pixmap, binary variant
- Portable Pixmap, text variant
- Portable Graymap, text variant
- Portable Graymap, binary variant
- Portable Anymap
- PaintShop Pro image
- Encapsulated PostScript
- PostScript
- Sun Raster
- SVG
- Truevision TGA
- Windows Metafile
- X BitMap
- X PixMap
- Portable Float Map, color variant
- Alias PIX
- Alias Matte file
- OpenRaster
- GIMP Parametric Brush
- Xcursor
- High Efficiency Image File Format
- Digital Negative file format family
- AV1 Image File Format latest version: 2.10.22
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- GIMP Palette
- Canon Original RAW, version 3
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Sources- 1.linuxfr.org/news/gimp-2-10-20-a-votre-sante#toc-autres-changementsRetrieved 2020-10-18
- Portable Float Map, grayscale variant
- Portable Bitmap, text variant
- Portable Bitmap, binary variant
- X Window dump
- GIMP Gradient
- GIMP Script-Fu Script
- JPEG XL latest version: 2.99.8
- eXperimental Computing Facility(since 1997)
- Writable file format
- eXperimental Computing Facility
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialogRetrieved 2017-03-02
- GIF
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialogRetrieved 2017-03-02
- Portable Network Graphics
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialogRetrieved 2017-03-02
- TIFF
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialogRetrieved 2017-03-02
- 2.linuxfr.org/news/gimp-2-10-12-liberons-les-bugsRetrieved 2020-10-18
- Multiple-image Network Graphics
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Sources- 1.docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialogRetrieved 2017-03-02
- Windows Bitmap
- Flexible Image Transport System
- Autodesk FLI/FLC
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- ICO
- Photoshop File Format
- WebP Lossless
- Silicon Graphics Image
- ASCII art
- KiSS CEL 4-bit
- KiSS CEL 8-bit
- KiSS color file
- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine file
- GIMP Brush
- GIMP Pattern
- PCX file format family
- GIMP Animated Brush
- PostScript
- Encapsulated PostScript
- PaintShop Pro image
- Sun Raster
- Truevision TGA
- X BitMap
- X PixMap
- X Window dump
- Portable Bitmap, binary variant
- Portable Bitmap, text variant
- Portable Bitmap Format
- Portable Graymap, text variant
- Portable Graymap, binary variant
- Portable Pixmap, binary variant
- Portable Pixmap, text variant
- Portable Float Map, color variant
- Alias PIX
- Alias Matte file
- OpenRaster
- GIMP Parametric Brush
- Xcursor
- High Efficiency Image File Format
- JPEG File Interchange Format, version 1.02
- IPTC Information Interchange Model
- AV1 Image File Format latest version: 2.10.22
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- GIMP Palette
- GIMP Gradient
- GIMP Script-Fu Script
- JPEG XL latest version: 2.99.8
- GIMP compressed XJT Image
- eXperimental Computing Facility
- Alexa rank
- 8,729(November 28, 2017)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Alexa Internetalexa.com/siteinfo/gimp.orgRetrieved 2017-11-28
- 8,729(November 28, 2017)
- Software quality assurance
- continuous integration url: gitlab.gnome.org · described at url: gitlab.gnome.org
- Social media followers
- 36,135(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2484386793
- 9,829(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: GIMP@floss.social
- 9,691(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: GIMP@floss.social
- 9,376(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: GIMP@floss.social
- 32,885(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2484386793
- 27,913(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2484386793
- 23,716(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 2484386793
On other databases
70 identifiers linking GIMP across the web's reference databases
- Alpine Linux packagegimp
- AlternativeTo IDgimp
- Arch Linux packagegimp
- ArchWiki articleGIMP
- AUR packagegimp-devel
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID136030339
- BIBSYS ID3118936
- Bluesky handlegimpofficial.bsky.social
- Chocolatey Community package IDgimp
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures IDCVE-2022-32990
- Debian source packagegimp
- Debian stable packagegimp
- Debian Wiki articlefr/GIMP
- Domain namegimp.org
- ESCO skill ID4a466c62-db7d-4905-9a41-f23214810acb
- Facebook usernamegimpofficial
- Fedora packagegimp
- File Format Wiki page IDGIMP
- Flathub IDorg.gimp.GIMP
- Framalibre IDgimp
- Free Software Directory entryGimp
- Freebase ID/m/039ww
- FreeBSD portgraphics/gimp-app
- Gentoo packagemedia-gfx/gimp
- Gentoo Wiki articleGIMP
- GND ID4583056-3
- Guix Variable Namegimp
- IdRef ID053519949
- Itch.io tag ID/made-with-gimp
- J9U entity ID987007364980805171
- Launchpad.net project IDgimp
- Lemmy community IDgimp@lemmy.world
- Lex IDgimp
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn99052816
- MacPorts portgimp2-launcher
- Mastodon addressGIMP@floss.social
- Namuwiki IDGIMP
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810681142605606
- NetBSD package IDgraphics/gimp
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDgimp
- Nixpkgs IDgimp
- NL CR AUT IDph139309
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1526258
- Open Hub IDgimp
- Open Library subject IDgimp_(computer_file)
- OpenBSD portgraphics/gimp/stable
- OpenSUSE packagegimp
- OSDN projectfreshmeat_gimp
- Parabola packagegimp
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDGIMP
- PortableApps IDgraphics_pictures/gimp_portable
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID286
- Quora topic IDGIMP
- RAWG tag IDgimp
- Repology project namegimp
- SILL software ID51
- SlackBuilds packagemultimedia/gimp-gap
- Snap packagegimp
- SourceForge projectgimp
- SteamGridDB ID5265421
- SubredditGIMP
- SVKKL authority ID0207628-GIMP-software
- Ubuntu packagegimp
- Valve Developer Community article IDGIMP
- VIAF cluster ID181980291
- Vikidia article IDes:GIMP
- Windows Package Manager Community package IDGIMP.GIMP
- Wine AppDB ID2674
- X (Twitter) usernameGIMP_Official
- Zhihu topic ID19599789