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The content of Wilber (mascot) was merged into GIMP. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

GIMP version historyGIMP version history was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 11 September 2019 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists.

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Binary Releases

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Under "Development" section article says: "GIMP itself is released as source code. After a source code release, installers and packages are made for different operating systems by parties who might not be in contact with the maintainers of GIMP."

This may suggest that there are NO official binary releases, however I can see they're hosting signed binaries at https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ and there is also an official flatpack package at https://flathub.org/apps/org.gimp.GIMP

I found this part a bit misleading. Maybe it's simply outdated. Can someone clarify? SleeptightAnsiC (talk) 22:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, yes. That section was correct about 15 years ago. In fact large parts of this article can be updated. ~2026-43399-37 (talk) 07:33, 7 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

GIMP 3.2.0

Latest comment: 6 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

My Snap version of GIMP on Ubuntu is now 3.2.0 (and not designated an "RC" release candidate). But my web searches did not reveal any official notification. Maybe that may happen in a week or so? Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 16:30, 14 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@RobbieIanMorrison: That is the current version according to GIMP's announcement, and it looks like the infobox has been updated to reflect that via its Wikidata entry. - Aoidh (talk) 00:06, 15 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Aoidh: thanks, the version table in the article is now updated too. Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 00:38, 15 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Plain English changes

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments1 person in discussion

I made some edits to the article to follow normal English sentence structure (subject, verb, object) and some other Plain English ideas. Additionally, I tried to limit the number of ideas and clauses in a sentence. Plain English (and plain language) are aimed at making written language more accessible to a greater population of people. Hopefully having simpler sentences will support further contributions to the page. I'm hoping it lowers the barrier to correctly identifying useful changes and modifying paragraphs. ~2026-43399-37 (talk) 07:47, 7 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

In addition I've removed a few sections that have existed for decades and were not maintained to a reasonable standard or lacked value and purpose.

The review section is gone, it was written in a biased way for specific reviews, I improved that section back in the day as it was written closer to an attack, however no action was taken by other users to turn it from it's less sorry state to something truly neutral.

I also removed the tired table of file formats. It lacked a coherent reason to exist. The information is better available elsewhere for someone looking whether or not to choose GIMP as software. No specific information appeared that informed the user of anything interesting. Otherwise iterating specific file formats is then left to the domain of wasting reading time. I wouldn't bring it back unless you can thing of a strong justification. ~2026-43399-37 (talk) 03:30, 15 August 2026 (UTC)Reply