I read on Twitter this week that someone made such an interface on top of GIMP.
Re:An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop
by mghackerlady on Monday July 13, 2026 @09:23AM
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Yeah, there have been similar things before it as well. I was thinking more of a ground up photoshop style editor with GEGL as the backend
Though, it's success does make me wonder if a GIMP based editor with a similar interface would work well