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It is highly configurable and can be used as a:


Ghostscript has been Ported to many operating systems, including most Unix and Unix-like systems, Mac OS X , VMS , Windows , OS/2 , and Mac OS Classic .

Several Graphical User Interface s (GUIs) have been written for use with Ghostscript which permit a user to view a PostScript or PDF file on screen, scroll, page forward and backward, and zoom the text as well as print single or multiple pages.

  • Ghostview runs under Unix/X11. Ghostview (also known as '''gv''') has a very interesting and unusual s all over the image and is approximately the opposite of the well-known Google Maps interface.

  • GSView runs under Windows and OS/2


Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch for the GNU Project , and released under the GNU General Public License ; later, Deutsch formed Aladdin Enterprises to commercially license Ghostscript. It is currently owned by Artofcode LLC , led by Raph Levien , and maintained by the user's community and Artifex Software, the exclusive licensing agent for Ghostscript technology.

There are several variants of Ghostscript:
  • AFPL Ghostscript (formerly '''Aladdin Ghostscript''') is the current version distributed by Artifex Software and artofcode LLC, available under the Aladdin Free Public License , which allows modification and redistribution for non-commercial purposes. Commercial licenses for AFPL Ghostscript are also available.

  • GPL Ghostscript (formerly '''GNU Ghostscript'''; it is no longer part of the GNU project) is available under the GNU General Public License . Generally, each version of AFPL Ghostscript is rereleased as GPL Ghostscript one year after its initial release.

  • GNU Ghostscript is part of the GNU Project and is based on GPL Ghostscript.

  • ESP Ghostscript is distributed by Easy Software Products under the GPL. It is based on GPL Ghostscript and contains several modifications to improve compatibility with ESP's Common Unix Printing System .


The GPL version is also used as the basis for a Display Ghostscript, which adds the functionality needed to fully support Display PostScript .


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