GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

Today marks the beginning of the string freeze for the long-awaited GIMP 3.0 open-source image editor release as one of the leading free software alternatives to Adobe Photoshop.

GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

GIMP 3.0 saw its last development release in February and had been hoping for a release in May but like their earlier release hopes they ultimately came and passed.

Here's to hoping GIMP 3.0 stable will finally be out in the coming months.