Ghostscript

Ghostscript
Original author(s)L. Peter Deutsch
Developer(s)Artifex Software
Initial releaseAugust 11, 1988 (1988-08-11)
Stable release
10.05.1 / 29 April 2025 (29 April 2025)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePostScript and PDF interpreter
LicenseDual-licensed (GNU Affero General Public License + commercial permissive exception)
Websitewww.ghostscript.com

Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. Its main purposes are the rasterization of documents in these language,, the display or printing of document pages, and conversion between PostScript and PDF files.