Ghostscript

Ghostscript
Original author(s)	L. Peter Deutsch
Developer(s)	Artifex Software
Initial release	August 11, 1988
Stable release	10.05.1 / 29 April 2025
Repository	git.ghostscript.com?p=ghostpdl.git ;
Written in	C
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	PostScript and PDF interpreter
License	Dual-licensed (GNU Affero General Public License + commercial permissive exception)
Website	www.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 or rendering of such page description language^[4] files, for the display or printing of document pages, and the conversion between PostScript and PDF files.^[5]

^ "Documentation". ghostscript.com. July 10, 2002. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
^ "History of Ghostscript versions 1.n". Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
^ "Version 10.05.1 (2025-04-29)". 29 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
^ "Ghostscript and the PostScript language". ghostscript.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
^ Ingo, Henrik (1 August 2006). Open Life: The Philosophy of Open Source. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781847286116 – via Google Books.