PhotoGIMP releases

#All releases

Downloads are GitHub’s counts for each release’s zip files, checked October 31, 2026. The full history is on GitHub.

#Not released yet: master

The master branch at fc61a8f (October 25, 2026) has 51 commits that are not in any release. The ones that matter to users:

• GIMP 3.2 support (pull request #246, “support GIMP 3.2 and improve macOS compatibility”, merged October 25, 2026). The settings now list both the GIMP 3.0 and 3.2 names for the Paths tool and its panel, so one set of files loads on both versions. The files stay in a folder called 3.0; you still copy them into your own version’s folder.
• An install.sh script for Linux and macOS that asks GIMP for its settings folder, checks that GIMP is 3.0 or newer and not running, backs up your settings and copies PhotoGIMP in. The current README on GitHub already tells Linux users to run it, but the 3.1 zip does not contain it.
• Shortcuts and tool groups closer to Photoshop’s (commit e465fa5). Our shortcuts page marks the differences between 3.1 and master.
• Release automation (August 2026): a GitHub workflow to build releases and a security check that restricts binary files in the repository. This points to the next release being built automatically, but no date has been announced.

We tested master fc61a8f on all four of our machines: GIMP 3.2.6 loaded it without the toolrc error, and on Windows and Linux kept its toolbox file after quitting. Its toolbox order is not 3.1’s: it is close to GIMP’s own, with Bucket Fill, Warp and the Color Picker where GIMP puts them (results). Because master changes over time, we link to that exact commit on the download page.

#Release history

PhotoGIMP 3.1 · July 11, 2026

The current release. Highlights from its notes: improved Photoshop-style shortcuts and tool organization, [ and ] for brush size (GIMP 3.2 has those by default; PhotoGIMP adds { } for hardness), an alpha channel added to imported images automatically, a more portable Flatpak launcher, an rsync method for macOS, and removal of obsolete configuration files. It says it is “designed for GIMP 3.0 and newer”.

It came out four months after GIMP 3.2, but its files were still written for GIMP 3.0: on GIMP 3.2 the toolbox order is lost. That is the subject of our GIMP 3.2 page. Its Linux zip has no install.sh, although the README refers to one.

PhotoGIMP 3 (tag 3.0) · 17 March 2025

The first release for GIMP 3.0, a day after GIMP 3.0 itself. It introduced the current approach: tools in Photoshop’s order, a new splash screen, layout settings that leave more room for the canvas, shortcuts “following Adobe’s documentation” for Photoshop on Windows, a custom launcher name and icon on Linux, and the system language by default. It is still the most downloaded release. One verifiable reason: the README as published with 3.1 still linked to the 3.0 zips for Windows, macOS and Linux; the links were switched to “latest” on the master branch afterwards.

On GIMP 3.2 its Linux launcher fails (it calls gimp-3.0, issue #200) and the same toolbox problem applies. Use 3.1 instead.

PhotoGIMP 2020.1 (tag 1.1) · 27 May 2022

The last release for GIMP 2.10. It stopped bundling fonts, added a one-line macOS installer and icon theme support, and adjusted the dark theme. It does not work with GIMP 3.

PhotoGIMP 2020 (tag 1.0) · 19 June 2020

The original release that made PhotoGIMP known, published as a Flatpak-only zip for GIMP 2.10 on Linux. It included fonts and, on Linux, plug-ins such as Resynthesizer, which is why some guides still describe PhotoGIMP as adding content-aware fill. Current releases contain only settings files.

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#Questions

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