About GIMP

Introduction¶

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.

The software are developed as Community, Free Software by the following GIMP authors and contributors under the GNU General Public License.

More about GIMP¶

• Citing or Linking GIMP, and using images
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Is it legal to sell copies of GIMP?

GIMP History¶

• Prehistory - until GIMP 0.54 in 1996
• Ancient History - until GIMP 1.0 in 1998
• History - after GIMP 1.0

GIMP Manual Pages¶

The man pages for command line usage of GIMP:

• gimp (1)
• gimprc (5)
• gimptool-2.0 (1)

Important GIMP Links¶

• GIMP Privacy Policy - www.gimp.org/about/privacy.html
• GIMP Developer Website - developer.gimp.org
• GIMP Issues - GNOME Gitlab
• GIMP ToolKit - www.gtk.org
• GNU Project - www.gnu.org

GIMP RSS Feeds¶

• Atom Feed
• RSS Feed
• GIMP Active Bugs