Once you’ve located and downloaded the file, simply double click and the plugin will install itself as if it were a standalone piece of software. If you’re a Windows user, be grateful: finding packaged GIMP plugins for Mac and Linux is a tough task. GIMP plugins come in two flavours: those which have been packaged nicely and will install themselves automatically, and those which require a manual process. Look for a hidden folder: $HOME/.gimp-*.* (where you should replace $HOME with path to your home catalogue and gimp-*.* with the version you use. Once in the GIMP main folder navigate to lib\gimp\*version*\ where as *version* represents the version of Gimp. Go to the folder GIMP is installed in (usually somewhere in Program Files). User-private plugins are stored under $HOME/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/. Executable and python plugins are located in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ System-wide script-fu scripts are stored in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/.

Software developers upload their own projects and try to keep them functional, but some become out of date and even disappear completely.Īs for where GIMP Plugins are found on your computer: GIMP plugins don’t have a single repository online, so Google will be your friend if you need to go searching.