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Similar projects and alternatives to Glimpse
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Git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.
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winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)
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rocq
The Rocq Prover is an interactive theorem prover, or proof assistant. It provides a formal language to write mathematical definitions, executable algorithms and theorems together with an environment for semi-interactive development of machine-checked proofs.
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winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. Hard fork of https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps/
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seam-carving-js
Javascript implementation of Seam Carver. Seam Carver is a content-aware image resizing algorithm
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better Glimpse alternative or higher similarity.
Glimpse discussion
Glimpse reviews and mentions
Posts with mentions or reviews of Glimpse.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.
- GIMP's 2022 Annual Report
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BREAKING NEWS!
glimpse fork have already died :`( https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse/wiki/Development-Priorities
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LibSQL is an open source, open contribution fork of SQLite
Remember the fork of GIMP because people were offended by the name?
https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/a-project-on-hiatus/
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Gimp development release 2.99.12 includes initial CMYK support
> What if the name of the software was CripplePhoto
Argumentum ad absurdum.
> I mean, no professional uses Gimp for photo editing
Perhaps because the lack of CMYK, the limited architecture for plugin, or the outdated UI have more to do than the name?
If the name was the real bottleneck for adoption, you can be sure that you'd see someone creating a fork with different branding and being widely successful. Oh, wait. It has been tried already! [0]
[0] https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
- OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration
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when your mum calls you by your full name
There is a bunch of folks who forked Gimp because they find the name offensive. Since they still have to refer to it they use euphemisms (such a "upstream") or call it "GNU Imp".
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I REALLY want to create TakaMori fanart and post it here.
Glimps is a good one. It has pressure sensitivity support for drawing tablets. If you want something closer to Illustrator, Inkscape is your best shot.
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Windows, A Consumer Product.
They're named by committee. No committee would have come up with "GIMP" (also forked as "Glimpse").
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Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at age 81
I've been enjoying the Glimpse fork a lot more these days.
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The amazing Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) demonstrates seam carving in Julia.
(cc u/krapht) check out glimpse! it’s a fork of GIMP that’s a bit more modern. also an nx version coming soon which will be geared toward beginners
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Stats
Basic Glimpse repo stats
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glimpse-editor/Glimpse is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of Glimpse is C.
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