# io.github.mrfentmen/gimp-mcp (npm · gimp-mcp)

Control GIMP image editing via Python-Fu scripting from AI agents.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-16

## Components

- npm · `gimp-mcp`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `gimp-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-16.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 7 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 72/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 371 tokens (~46/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add mrfentmen-gimp-mcp -- npx -y gimp-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mrfentmen-gimp-mcp -- npx -y gimp-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mrfentmen-gimp-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "gimp-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mrfentmen-gimp-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg gimp-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mrfentmen-gimp-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "gimp-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-gimp-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gimp-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-16 (score 72, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-08-12 (score 68, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-08-11 (score 68, +3)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-08-08 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `open_image` (~30 tokens)

Open an image file in GIMP.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the image file to open

### `save_image` (~42 tokens)

Save the current image to a file.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the source image
- `output` (string): Output path (defaults to source path)

### `export_image` (~51 tokens)

Export an image to a specific format.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the source image
- `format` (string): Export format (default: png)
- `output` (string, required): Output file path

### `resize_image` (~63 tokens)

Resize an image to specific dimensions.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the source image
- `height` (number, required): New height in pixels
- `output` (string): Output path (defaults to source path)
- `width` (number, required): New width in pixels

### `get_image_info` (~35 tokens)

Get information about an image (dimensions, mode, type, layers).

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the image file

### `list_layers` (~27 tokens)

List all layers in an image.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the image file

### `apply_filter` (~62 tokens)

Apply a filter to an image.

Input parameters:

- `filepath` (string, required): Path to the source image
- `filter` (string, required): Filter type
- `output` (string): Output path (defaults to source path)
- `params` (string): JSON object with filter parameters

### `batch_process` (~61 tokens)

Batch process multiple images with custom Script-Fu/Python-Fu code.

Input parameters:

- `pattern` (string, required): Glob pattern for files (e.g. /images/*.png)
- `script` (string, required): Python code that runs per image (image and drawable are available)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-16: 72
- 2026-08-15: 68
- 2026-08-14: 68
- 2026-08-13: 68
- 2026-08-12: 68
- 2026-08-11: 68
- 2026-08-10: 65
- 2026-08-09: 65
- 2026-08-08: 65

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gimp-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/gimp-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/gimp-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-gimp-mcp/gimp-mcp