Downloads

GIMP for Unix-like systemsIt's very likely your Unix-like system such as a GNU/Linux distribution already comes with a GIMP package. It is a preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates.Ubuntu, DebianUbuntu or Debian users can simply run apt-get install gimp to get the latest stable release of GIMP. Ubuntu users can also install GIMP from Software Centre.openSUSESUSE users can install GIMP by running yast -i gimp or zypper in gimp, depending on the distribution version.FedoraSimilarly to the above, Fedora users can install the latest stable GIMP by running yum install gimp.MandrivaMandriva Linux users can install the latest stable GIMP by running urpmi gimp.BSDGIMP is also available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.SolarisGIMP can run on Solaris.GIMP for Mac OS X Since the 2.8.2 version GIMP runs on OSX natively. No X11 environment is required. Native buildsCurrently we have two source of installers. A GIMP 2.8 DMG installer by Clayton Walker, stock GIMP build without any add-ons. Just open the downloaded DMG and drag "GIMP.app" into your "Applications" folder.

Download gimp-2.8.2-dmg-2.dmg

A build by Simone Karin Lehmann, with some extra plug-ins.

Download GIMP 2.8

MacportsDisclaimer: we have not investigated if it's possible to build GIMP 2.8 from MacportsAn easy way to compile and install GIMP and other great Free software on your Mac is by using Macports. The installer allows you to choose from a large directory of packages. To install gimp using Macports, you simply do sudo port install gimp once you have Macports installed.

Download Macports.

FinkDisclaimer: we have not investigated if it is possible to build GIMP 2.8 from FinkFink is a package repository that offer mostly precompiled binaries. It provides the apt-get command known to e.g. Debian and Ubuntu users, and installing GIMP is as easy as

sudo apt-get 
    install gimp

once you have installed the Fink installer.
If there's no binary package, then fink install gimp will compile GIMP from source.

Download Fink.

GIMP for WindowsThe GIMP team doesn't officially provide any Windows binaries. You can, however, install GIMP easily using the Windows installers by Jernej Simončič.

Download GIMP 2.8.2 – Installer for Windows XP SP3 or later

GIMP User Manual

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Danish (25.9 MB)

Dutch (25.9 MB)

English (25.9 MB)

English (United Kingdom) (25.8 MB)

Finnish (25.9 MB)

French (27.4 MB)

German (29.7 MB)

Italian (32.7 MB)

Japanese (23.9 MB)

Korean (26.5 MB)

Lithuanian (27.3 MB)

Norwegian Nynorsk (22.4 MB)

Polish (25.9 MB)

Russian (26.4 MB)

Slovenian (25.9 MB)

Spanish (26.4 MB)

Swedish (26.3 MB)

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Source for version 2.8 (Stable)

GIMP releases available from gimp.org and its mirrors contain the source code and have to be compiled in order to be installed on your system.

For instructions, how to build GIMP from source code, please see this page.

GIMP 2.8.2 is now available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/. You may want to read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.8.

To allow you to check the integrity of the tarballs, here are the MD5 sums of the latest releases:

File	MD5 sum
gimp-2.8.2.tar.bz2	`b542138820ca3a41cbd63fc331907955`
gimp-2.8.0.tar.bz2	`28997d14055f15db063eb92e1c8a7ebb`

GIMP help files are available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/.

Please consider using one of the mirrors listed below.

Development snapshots

GIMP 2.9.0 is a snapshot of current development towards GIMP 2.10. The source code is available from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.9/. Please make sure you read the Release Notes for GIMP 2.9.

Sorry, there are no releases of the 2.9 development version yet.

A detailed list of changes in the development branch is available in git.

FTP and Web Mirrors

Australia: ftp://mirrors.wamug.org.au/gimp/ (WAIX only); http://mirrors.wamug.org.au/gimp/ (web access, WAIX only)
Austria: ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/
Canada: http://gimp.parentingamerica.com/ (web access); http://gimp.raffsoftware.com/ (web access); http://gimp.skazkaforyou.com/ (web access)
China: http://mirror.bjtu.edu.cn/gimp (web access)
France: http://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/gimp/gimp/ (web access); http://gimp.krecio.pl/gimp/ (web access); http://mirror.ibcp.fr/pub/gimp/ (web access)
Germany: ftp://artfiles.org/gimp.org/; http://artfiles.org/gimp.org/ (web access); http://gimp.cybermirror.org/ (web access); ftp://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/pub/mirrors/www.gimp.org/; http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.gimp.org/ (web access); rsync://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/gimp/ (rsync access); ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/; http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ (web access); rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/ (rsync access); http://gimp.mywatchinfo.info/ (web access); http://www.online-laptop.com/gimp/ (web access); http://gimp.trafictransfer.com/ (web access); http://mirrors.zerg.biz/gimp/ (web access)
Greece: ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/; http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/gimp/ (web access)
Ireland: ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/; http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ (web access); rsync://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub (rsync access); ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/; http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ (web access); rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ (rsync access)
Italy: http://www.photo-university.com/download/ (web access)
Japan: ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/graphics/tools/gimp/; ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/; http://www.ring.gr.jp/pub/graphics/gimp/ (web access)
Netherlands: ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/; http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/gimp/gimp/ (web access); http://mirrors-eu.spyrush.com/gimp/ (web access)
Norway: ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/gimp/
Poland: ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/; http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ (web access); rsync://piotrkosoft.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ (rsync access); http://gimp.privatejetscharter.net/ (web access); ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/graphics/gimp/; ftp://ftp.tpnet.pl/d10/graphics/gimp/; rsync://ftp.tpnet.pl/gimp/ (rsync access); ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/Linux/gimp/
Portugal: ftp://mirrors.dominios.pt/pub/ftp.gimp.org; http://mirrors.dominios.pt/gimp (web access); ftp://mirrors.fe.up.pt/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/; http://mirrors.fe.up.pt/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ (web access); rsync://mirrors.fe.up.pt/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ (rsync access)
Romania: ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/; http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gimp.org/ (web access)
Russia: ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/unix/graphics/gimp/mirror/
Slovakia: http://gimp.phphosts.org (web access)
South Africa: ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/ftp.gimp.org/gimp/
Spain: http://sunsite.rediris.es/mirror/gimp/ (web access); ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/gimp/
Sweden: ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gimp/; ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/; http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/gimp/ (web access)
United Kingdom: http://gimp.favoritelinks.net/ (web access); ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/; http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ (web access); rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ (rsync access)
United States: http://gimp.cp-dev.com/ (web access); http://gimp.goldcoastinformation.com.au/ (web access); http://gimp.mirrors.hoobly.com/gimp/ (web access); http://gimp.promotionalpromos.com/ (web access); http://gimp.sixsigmaonline.org/ (web access); http://mirror.umoss.org/gimp/gimp/ (web access); rsync://mirror.umoss.org/gimp/ (rsync access); http://gimp.zauril.com/ (web access); http://mirrors.zerg.biz/gimp/ (web access)

If you want to add a new mirror, please contact us.