# Open in GIMP photo editor

> Adds context menu items to send image links and image files directly to the GIMP photo editor

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-in-gimp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-in-gimp)

## Overview

- **ID:** `open-in-gimp`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andy Portmen
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 115
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-09
- **First published:** 2020-01-11
- **Size:** 201 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-in-gimp/)
- **Website:** [https://webextension.org/listing/open-in.html?from=gimp](https://webextension.org/listing/open-in.html?from=gimp)

## Description

The "Open in GIMP photo editor" Chrome extension enhances your image editing workflow by allowing you to send images directly from your browser to the GIMP photo editor without manual saving. It supports image links and DATA URL images by temporarily storing images when needed and opening them seamlessly in GIMP. Users must have GIMP installed on their system and install a native connector to enable smooth operation. You can also specify GIMP's location if the extension cannot detect it automatically. This open-source project encourages community contributions and provides an efficient bridge between browser-based images and powerful image editing.

## Rankings

- #11,095 — Overall
- #9 — photo
- #18 — photon dex
- #35 — editor
- #42 — css editor
- #44 — text editor

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `downloads`
- `nativeMessaging`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-in-gimp)