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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 6 ms
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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to GIMP
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to GIMP, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
ImageMagick | Mastering Digital Image Alchemy
ImageMagick is a powerful open-source software suite for creating, editing, converting, and manipulating images in over 200 formats.
Very close cos 0.925 - 02
Blender - The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software — blender.org
The Freedom to Create
Close cos 0.888 - 03
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.886 - 04
The FreeType Project
The FreeType Project: a free, high-quality and portable Font engine
Close cos 0.882 - 05
Canva
online graphic design platform
Close cos 0.882 - 06
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Close cos 0.878 - 07
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.
Close cos 0.876 - 08
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.876 - 09
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.
Close cos 0.875 - 10
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stock photography site
Close cos 0.872 - 11
Git
distributed version control system
Close cos 0.872 - 12
Checking you are not a bot
open-source desktop environment software project
Close cos 0.869 - 13
Google Open Source
Google <3 Open Source
Close cos 0.869 - 14
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.
Close cos 0.870 - 15
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database of icons
Close cos 0.868 - 16
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Close cos 0.868 - 17
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.
Close cos 0.867 - 18
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.
Close cos 0.866 - 19
Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
Close cos 0.865 - 20
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.
Close cos 0.865
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.
Built with
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080041-BER
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.62 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) OpenSSL/3.5.8
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what GIMP adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on gimp.org 12/20
- Google Workspace · not on gimp.org 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on gimp.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on gimp.org 6/20
- Fastly 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on gimp.org 4/20
- Apache HTTP Server 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on gimp.org 4/20
- OpenAI · not on gimp.org 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on gimp.org 4/20
- nginx · not on gimp.org 3/20
- Apple Business · not on gimp.org 3/20
- Atlassian · not on gimp.org 3/20
- Bootstrap · not on gimp.org 2/20
- Google AdSense · not on gimp.org 2/20
- Google Fonts · not on gimp.org 2/20