GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source desktop image editor developed as a community project under the GNU General Public License, with no company, account system, or telemetry backend of its own. Its own Privacy Policy states the software and the project do not collect, transmit, share or use any personal data, contain no trackers or ads, and store no cookies on the website; the only network activity is an optional weekly update-check and on-demand loading of the in-app user manual. Donations are handled by the GNOME Foundation, a named 501(c)(3) nonprofit that acts as GIMP's fiscal agent, and development happens in the open on GNOME's GitLab with tens of thousands of public commits. Official release binaries ship published SHA256 checksums with linked VirusTotal scans. The main wart the policy itself flags: loading or saving files over a remote protocol can expose the user's IP to that remote host, which is outside GIMP's control.
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7 new sources on file for GIMP.
GIMP's file gained 7 new sourced claims since its last review.
GIMP's own Privacy Policy states as a team statement that neither the software nor the project, in any way, collects, transmits, shares or uses any personal data.
GIMP's official GNOME GitLab repository shows 59,095 commits, evidencing a large, publicly auditable open-development history rather than a closed or opaque codebase.
GIMP's About page states the software is developed as community Free Software by named GIMP authors and contributors under the GNU General Public License.
GIMP's Donate page states that project donations are handled by the GNOME Foundation, a named tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit acting as GIMP's fiscal agent, making US donations tax-deductible.
The Privacy Policy discloses a real caveat: if a user chooses to load or save a file over a remote protocol, their IP or other private data may be exposed to that remote host as part of the normal connection flow, which is outside GIMP's control.
GIMP's Downloads page publishes a SHA256 checksum for each official release binary alongside a direct VirusTotal scan link, letting users independently verify a download's integrity.
The same Privacy Policy states the gimp.org website is mostly static with no trackers, first-party or third-party, and stores no cookies in the visitor's browser.