This is the official website of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows and more operating systems.

Oct 5, 2025 · GIMP's user manual can be dowloaded separately on the documentation website either as language-specific Windows installers or as source tarball. The manual can also be browsed online

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

You don’t have to be a developer to participate to the GIMP project. Some team members help with design, community management, bug triaging… and some help with documentation and tutorials!

1 day ago · High bit depth GIMP’s floating point Exposure operation: much better than Curves for lightening the shadows and midtones of an image without blowing the highlights

GIMP is a Free Software application covered by the General Public License version 3 [GPL]. The GPL provides users with the freedom to access and alter the source code that makes up computer …

GIMP Release Notes Here are the release notes for the versions of GIMP that can be found on our downloads page. Release notes for the stable version, GIMP 3.0. This is the version that most users …

Mar 16, 2025 · Under "Help Browser", you can choose between your system's web browser and GIMP's help browser plug-in (if available). See the online help for more information.

Finally, if you still have strong feelings about the name “ GIMP ”, you should feel free to promote the use of the long form GNU Image Manipulation Program or exercise your software freedom to fork and …

Online user manuals and quick reference guides for the GNU Image Manipulation Program