Alternatives and competitors

Sites like GIMP

The 20 closest raster graphics editor alternatives to GIMP, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to GIMP? The closest matches are ImageMagick, GNOME and ijg.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About GIMP

GIMP gimp.org

GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program: The Free and Open Source Image Editor

Wikidata: image retouching and editing tool

Top 10K · #3,650 English 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit GIMP

Summary by Claude

Official site of GIMP, a free and open-source cross-platform raster image editor for photo retouching, illustration, graphic design and scripted image processing, offering downloads, release notes and project news.

Who it’s for
Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators and developers
Business model
Donations (free open-source software)

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to GIMP’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

git-scm.commagnific.comPicsartLinux kernelGNUOpenStreetMapCanvafreetype.orgBlenderImageMagick

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to GIMP

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to GIMP, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    ImageMagick imagemagick.org Top 10K English

    ImageMagick | Mastering Digital Image Alchemy

    ImageMagick is a powerful open-source software suite for creating, editing, converting, and manipulating images in over 200 formats.

  2. 02
    Blender blender.org Top 10K English

    Blender - The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software — blender.org

    The Freedom to Create

  3. 03
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  4. 04
    freetype.org Top 10K English

    The FreeType Project

    The FreeType Project: a free, high-quality and portable Font engine

  5. 05
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

  6. 06
    OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org Top 1K English

    OpenStreetMap

    OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

  7. 07
    GNU gnu.org Top 1K English

    The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement

    Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.

  8. 08
    Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

    The Linux Kernel Archives

    Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

  9. 09
    Picsart picsart.com Top 10K English

    Picsart: The AI Creative Platform

    Picsart is an all-in-one creative platform with a wide selection of free AI design tools. Create content fast with expert-crafted templates, built-in asset libraries, and generative AI tools.

  10. 10
    magnific.com Top 10K English

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    stock photography site

  11. 11
    git-scm.com Top 10K English

    Git

    distributed version control system

  12. 12
    freedesktop.org Top 10K English

    Checking you are not a bot

    open-source desktop environment software project

  13. 13
    Open Source googlesource.com Top 10K English

    Google Open Source

    Google <3 Open Source

  14. 14
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

    GIPHY - Be Animated

    GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

  15. 15
    Flaticon flaticon.com Top 10K English

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    database of icons

  16. 16
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

  17. 17
    Infogram infogram.com Top 10K English

    Turn Data Into Interactive Stories | Infogram

    Create interactive charts, maps, infographics, reports and more. Share and embed anywhere. All AI powered from charts to infographics.

  18. 18
    KDE kde.org Top 10K English

    Home - KDE Community

    KDE is an open community of friendly people who want to create a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy.

  19. 19
    Enlightenment enlightenment.org Top 10K English

    Enlightenment Main

    window manager for Unix-like operating systems

  20. 20
    Ghost ghost.org Top 10K English

    Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform

    Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to gimp.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones GIMP uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What GIMP is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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