You can also follow us on the fediverse and Twitter. Our official project website is now live at. How can I keep up to date with Glimpse's progress? Keep an eye on our social media accounts and blog for more details. That will be provide a more lightweight and accessible user interface for the same components that the GNU Image Manipulation Program uses. We are also working on a similar project in parallel called 'Glimpse NX'. You can read more information about this and our ongoing release schedule at

Glimpse Image Editor 0.2.0 and 0.2.2 fork from GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.10.18.

Glimpse Image Editor 0.1.0 and 0.1.2 fork from GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.10.12.

We also plan to improve usability and accessibility through our choice of configuration settings, third-party plugins, and our own changes.įor a detailed view of our changes, check the NEWS file. That means fewer 'easter eggs', improved build and packaging tooling/documentation, backported fixes on a known-stable base we support for at least a year, and a more efficient Windows installer. Our project also focuses on making the software more 'enterprise ready' so it is easier to modify and distribute for schools and workplaces. Glimpse Image Editor is an optional alternative intended to assist users that are offended or made uncomfortable by the 'gimp' name, and assist free software advocates that encounter barriers when they recommend the GNU Image Manipulation Program to friends, family, coworkers and employers. The GNU Image Manipulation Program is primarily intended for long-standing Linux enthusiasts and power users.

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Note: This project is currently on hiatus.

You can find out more information on our FAQs page: Glimpse Image Editor is a downstream fork (derivative work) based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.10.18 source code, and it is shared under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.

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