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GNU Image Manipulation Program

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes. Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.

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GEGL

graphics
design
photography
illustration

Project ideas

18 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 17 that state a difficulty: 17 medium. 8 mentors named.

Implement a Shape Tool medium
New Shortcuts Editing Dialog medium
Improve Text-along-a-Path features medium
New UI to quickly list, search and preview filters medium
Better math expressions UI/UX medium
Implement In-Painting Tool medium
Image Segmentation Improvements medium
Update Windows Scanner and Printer API medium
Improving unit testing medium
Fuzz testing integration medium
Implement sandboxing for plug-ins
Improving the text tool medium
Implement GEGL operations for GIMP medium
Implement OpenColorIO Color Management medium
Improve Non-Destructive Editing medium
Improving off-canvas editing medium
Improve Metadata Editor and Viewer medium
Extension website medium

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2022, 5 years. Projects per year: '22: 1, '23: 3, '24: 3, '25: 3, '26: 4.

On GitHub

No GitHub organization found in its official listing.

Links and channels

Website: https://www.gimp.org/
Ideas page: https://developer.gimp.org/core/internship/ideas/
Contributor guide: https://developer.gimp.org/core/internship/
Source code: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/
Chat: https://www.gimp.org/discuss.html#irc-matrix

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "GNU Image Manipulation Program" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "GNU Image Manipulation Program"

or ask your assistant:
"Which GNU Image Manipulation Program repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.