GIMP Alternatives

GIMP is described as 'Free open-source suite with advanced photo retouching, composition, batch processing, plugin extensibility, custom scripting, and wide file format compatibility' and is a leading digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GIMP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best GIMP alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GIMP are Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity and Photopea.

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GIMP alternatives are mainly Image Editors, but if you're looking for Photo Editors or Digital Painting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, iPad + Free, iPad, Linux, Online, Mac and Android + Digital Painting. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GIMP.
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  1. AliveColors icon

    AliveColors

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    AliveColors is comprehensive graphics and photo editing software for Windows and Mac. It comes in Free, Home, and Pro versions, with differing levels of functionality.

    158 AliveColors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • RU flagRussia
    AliveColors screenshot 1
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  2. Hornil StylePix icon

    Hornil StylePix

     24 likes

    Hornil Stylepix, or simply StylePix, is a graphics editing program with a number of advanced features. StylePix is an acronym for Style Pictures. This means your pictures with nice style. If you have no experience, you can easily learn how to edit image and retouching your...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • KR flagSouth Korea
    Hornil StylePix screenshot 1
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  4. Wondershare Fotophire icon

    Wondershare Fotophire

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    Perfect your photos and apply 200+ effects. Remove or replace background in few clicks! Remove unwanted objects from any photo.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Luminar Neo

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  6. Seashore icon

    Seashore

     69 likes

    Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMPs technology and uses the same native file format.

    114 Seashore alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Global
    Seashore screenshot 1
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  7. PixaFlux icon

    PixaFlux

     12 likes

    PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a node graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PixaFlux converting an image to Lab color mode and applying a curve adjustment node.
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  10. showFoto icon

    showFoto

     13 likes

    You can use it to view your photographs and improve them. Showfoto is the standalone image editor of the digiKam project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • KDE
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    showFoto screenshot 1
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  11. Sagelight icon

    Sagelight

     2 likes

    Photo editing program that as well as the usual tools has some unique & cool features too.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Sagelight screenshot 1
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  12. SketchPort icon

    SketchPort

     21 likes

    SketchPort is an online drawing community with free software for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. Draw, chat, vote, be inspired, be challenged and earn badges!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    SketchPort screenshot 1
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  13. Icecream Photo Editor icon

    Icecream Photo Editor

     5 likes

    Edit and manage photos on Windows with cropping, resizing, rotating, filters, stickers, drawing, collage layouts, organization tools, and support for JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP. Features frames, blur, automatic enhancement, and a simple interface for easy editing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU
    Icecream Photo Editor screenshot 1
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  14. Bazaart icon

    Bazaart

     2 likes

    Bazaart® is an award winning photo collage and design app. It allows you to create masterpieces on the go, and seamlessly work with Adobe Creative Cloud. Bazaart is available on iOS and Android devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Select an image from the internet or your camera roll or even your adobe photoshop cloud ( .psd format)
    cut out ,flip or copy the image the way you want.
    Upload your masterpiece to the Bazaart community or save it or even uplod it to your photoshop cloud.
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  15. JugiPaint icon

    JugiPaint

     8 likes

    JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers, brushes, selections, transformations, etc., as well as some less often like guide layers and panels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU
    JugiPaint screenshot 1
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