Loupe (software)

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Loupe (GNOME Image Viewer)
Stable release
47.2 [1] / 22 November 2024;2 months ago (22 November 2024)
Repository gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/loupe
Written in Rust
Operating system Linux
Included with GNOME
Predecessor Eye of GNOME
License GNU General Public License version 3
Website apps.gnome.org/Loupe/

Loupe, also known as Image Viewer, is an image viewer created for the GNOME desktop environment. It first appeared on December 26, 2020. [2] With the GNOME 45 update, Loupe became GNOME's default image viewer, replacing Eye of GNOME. [3] [4]

Contents

Like its predecessor, Loupe offers various options for viewing images. These include standard options such as zooming, rotation, and transparency. Other features include touchscreen support, metadata info, and sandboxed decoding.

Image format support

Currently, Loupe supports all the formats that glycin does. [5] These are:

Development

Loupe is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Written in the Rust programming language, it relies on glycin, [5] an image decoding crate.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "47.2 · Tags · GNOME / Image Viewer · GitLab". 22 November 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Initial Commit ∙ GNOME/loupe@f692ab5 ∙ GitHub". GitHub. 26 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Rudra, Sourav (12 May 2023). "Loupe is the New Image Viewer App for GNOME". It's FOSS News. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Häcker, Felix (11 August 2023). "#108 Sandboxed Images". This Week in GNOME. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 "GNOME / Image Viewer ∙ GitLab". GNOME GitLab. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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