| Loupe (GNOME Image Viewer) | |
|---|---|
Loupe 45.3 displaying an image | |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | gitlab |
| Written in | Rust |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Included with | GNOME |
| Predecessor | Eye of GNOME |
| License | GNU General Public License version 3 |
| Website | apps |
Loupe, also known as Image Viewer, is animage viewer created for theGNOME desktop environment. It first appeared on December 26, 2020.[2] With the GNOME 45 update, Loupe became GNOME's default image viewer, replacingEye of GNOME.[3][4]
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, andsandboxed decoding.
Currently, Loupe supports all the formats thatglycin does.[5] These are:
Loupe is licensed under theGNUGeneral Public License v3.0. Written in theRust programming language, it relies onglycin,[5] an image decoding crate.