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GIMP for Mac
The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
- Operating system
- Mac
- File size
- 172.68 MB
- License
- Freeware
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
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Overview
What is GIMP for Mac?
The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
In depth
A closer look at GIMP for Mac
The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
- Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an airbrush, cloning, etc.
- Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by available disk space
- Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality anti-aliasing
- Full Alpha channel support
- Layers and channels
- A procedural database for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs, such as Script-Fu
- Advanced scripting capabilities
- Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
- Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
- File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
- Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent
- Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and new effect filters
Requirements
System requirements
Mac OS X
Verdict
Should you download GIMP for Mac?
GIMP for Mac runs on Mac and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 172.68 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Author Tools.
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At a glance
GIMP for Mac specifications
- Category
- Author Tools
- Publisher
- The GIMP Team
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Requirements
- Mac OS X
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac
- File size
- 172.68 MB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 1208
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