GEGL Starburst. A new GEGL filter that makes a quality movable starburst.

Download here. https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/gegl-starburst/releases

They don't go in the normal plugins directory.

C:\Users(USERNAME)\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins

/home/(USERNAME)/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

/home/(USERNAME)/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/data/gegl-0.4/plug-ins

To compile and install you will need the GEGL header files (libgegl-dev on Debian based distributions or gegl on Arch Linux) and meson (meson on most distributions).

meson setup --buildtype=release build
ninja -C build

If you have an older version of gegl you may need to copy to ~/.local/share/gegl-0.3/plug-ins instead (on Ubuntu 18.04 for example).

BEAVER RECOMMENDS YOU USE A MODERN VERSION OF GEGL. NO GUARANTEE DATED VERSIONS OF GIMP WILL WORK WITH THIS PLUGIN

The easiest way to compile this project on Windows is by using msys2. Download and install it from here: https://www.msys2.org/

Open a msys2 terminal with C:\msys64\mingw64.exe. Run the following to install required build dependencies:

pacman --noconfirm -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-meson mingw-w64-x86_64-gegl

Then build the same way you would on Linux:

meson setup --buildtype=release build
ninja -C build

Restart Gimp and go to GEGL Operations Drop Down List and look for "star background". If you use Gimp 2.99.16+ go to filters>render>fun or just search for it.

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/Gimp_Plugin_Star_Background/releases/tag/StarBackgroundGimpPlugin also don't forget about Gimp's default spiral filter; which is also similar.