GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

This is the official GIMP web site. It contains information about downloading, installing, using, and enhancing it. This site also serves as a distribution point for the latest releases. We try to provide as much information about the GIMP community and related projects as possible. Hopefully you will find what you need here. Grab a properly chilled beverage and enjoy.

Third Release Candidate for GIMP 2.42007-09-24

GIMP 2.4.0-rc3 fixes most of the bugs that were reported for the earlier release candidates. Have a look at the NEWS file for the changes made in this release. If you want to help by testing this release candidate, you can grab the source code from ftp.gimp.org. The release notes for the development releases still apply.

Second Release Candidate for GIMP 2.42007-09-06

GIMP 2.4.0-RC2 is finally there. The developers have fixed quite some bugs since RC1 but it's not the final thing yet. Have a look at the NEWS file for the changes made in this release.

If you want to help by testing this release candidate, you can grab the source code from ftp.gimp.org. The release notes for the development releases still apply.

First Release Candidate for GIMP 2.4.02007-08-16

The next stable GIMP release is close. The developers made available a first release candidate for GIMP 2.4.0. This marks the end of the development cycle towards GIMP 2.4. All new features should be complete and the API is now frozen. There are however still a few bugs to fix and some minor changes pending in some places.

If you want to help by testing this release candidate, you can grab the source code from ftp.gimp.org. The release notes for the development releases still apply.

GIMP Animation Package 2.2.2 Released2007-08-06

Version 2.2.2 of gimp-gap, the GIMP Animation Package, is now available. This release fixes some bugs, updates translations and prepares gimp-gap for the update to GIMP 2.4. The source code can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org; binary packages should become available soon.

GIMP User Manual 0.13 Released2007-08-03

After four months of hard work we are proud to announce a new release of the user manual for GIMP 2.2.

new content, spelling and grammar fixes for German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Korean and Dutch
support for creating ODF files (you need to have docbook2odf installed.)
lots of bug fixes
new tutorials from gimp.org
Quickreference sheet export to SVG
and more technically: a new build system.

The source files of gimp-help-2-0.13 can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Users should wait until this release has been packaged in a pre-compiled form that is easier to install. Find more information about our goals and how you can help at http://docs.gimp.org.

GIMP 2.3.19 Development Release2007-07-25

We are getting ready for the GIMP 2.4 release. Most of the outstanding issues have been resolved or will be resolved soon. You can get a snapshot of current development by downloading the source code for GIMP 2.3.19 from the usual places. Check the NEWS file for an overview of the changes in this release.

If you want to try any of the unstable development snapshots, please read the release notes for the development releases.

GIMP 2.2.17 Released2007-07-13

Due to a regression in the PSD loader that was introduced with the 2.2.16 release, we had to roll out another release in the stable 2.2 series. The source code for version 2.2.17 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is available from ftp.gimp.org. Please see the NEWS file for a detailed list of changes.