GroIMP is a java-based application that supports Windows, Mac and Linux, installation files can be found here.

Before installing GroIMP please make sure that you have Java 21 or higher installed on your computer. If not you can find the oracle version here. It is possible to have several java version on your device, please make shure that GroIMP uses the right one.

Additional information can be found in the user guide: Installing GroIMP After installing GroIMP using a installer, a desktop short cut is provided that start the GUI, for more information and trouble shoots see Running GroIMP

On the first window even so it is empty we can already find some important parts of the software. Especially for finding help and getting started.

1. New creates a new GroIMP project from one of the templates, we are going to use this in the next step
2. Open allows you to open GroIMP projects, they are stored either as gsz or gs file.
3. Example projects provides you with a collection of embedded example projects that try to highlight the most important features of the software
4. The RGG Tutorial is an embedded tutorial that gives an interactive introduction to the XL/RGG syntax
5. Help opens the embedded documentation, of all the installed plugins.
6. Under Preferences most GroIMP features can be customized, from rendering, over the number of buttons on a toolbar, to the ports of the embedded servers.