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GIMP

High-end image creation and manipulation.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

GIMP is a photo editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its Debian package description: batch processing, format conversion and MIDI support.

File formats mentioned: JPEG and PSD.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program: The Free and Open Source Image Editor” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “It can be used as a paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, image composition, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It can be used as a paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, image composition, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “To use a MIDI device (like a musical keyboard) as an input controller in GIMP, install libasound2 and read the how-to at /usr/share/doc/gimp/README.MIDI” — Debian, 10 November 2026

At a glance

GIMP is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+ & LGPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Photo editing with layers (capability established by the official page)
  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is Community-driven Free Software for high-end image creation and manipulation. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, image composition, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. GIMP is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows and macOS.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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