XPaint

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XPaint
Initial release1993;32 years ago (1993)
Stable release
3.1.4 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 14 August 2021
Repository https://sourceforge.net/p/sf-xpaint/code/?source=navbar
Written in C
Type Raster graphics editor
License GNU GPL v3
Website http://sf-xpaint.sf.net

XPaint (also spelled Xpaint) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor for Unix-like operating systems.

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XPaint was originally developed by David Koblas around 1993 and maintained by him until version 2.1.1, [2] [3] after which it was further developed by Torsten Martinsen from 1996 to 1999. [4] Since around 2000, XPaint has been maintained and developed by Jean-Pierre Demailly. Its main purpose is to be a lightweight and easy-to-use raster editor. It supports various image file formats, including GIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PPM, XBM, and XPM. [5]

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References

  1. "xpaint-3.1.4". 14 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. "WWW-Talk Jul-Sep 1993: A fairly usable xpaint program (finally)". www.krsaborio.net. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  3. Koblas, David. "XPaint 2.1 Release". physics.ucla.edu.
  4. "Ubuntu Manpage: xpaint - Simple Paint program". manpages.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  5. Demailly, Jean-Pierre (2003-02-09). "Introduction". MIT. Archived from the original on 2025-09-07. Retrieved 2025-09-07.