Loupe (software)

{{Infobox software

| title = Loupe (GNOME Image Viewer)

| logo = Org.gnome.Loupe.svg

| logo size = 300x300

| logo alt = An icon with a magnifying glass over a stack of photos. The top-level photo is the only one that's visible, featuring a minimalistic, white rendition of a mountain and the sun with a purple-orange gradient in the background.

| screenshot = Loupe-screenshot.png

| screenshot alt = A screenshot of Loupe in GNOME 45 displaying a Wikimedia Commons image. On the right side of the window, the file's parent folder, metadata, and creation/modification dates are shown.

The image within the program has two arms of differing skin tones, with the lighter having the full-text logo of Wikipedia and the darker with the Wikipedia globe.

| caption = Loupe 45.3 displaying an image

| repo = {{URL|https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/loupe}}

| programming language = Rust

| operating system = Linux

| included with = GNOME

| replaces = Eye of GNOME

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

| license = GNU General Public License version 3

| website = {{URL|https://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.{{Cite web |date=26 December 2020 |title=Initial Commit ∙ GNOME/loupe@f692ab5 ∙ GitHub |url=https://github.com/GNOME/loupe/commit/f692ab5626073f444dc14b2a47cfbfc7fa92e3bb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227223440/https://github.com/GNOME/loupe/commit/f692ab5626073f444dc14b2a47cfbfc7fa92e3bb |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=GitHub}} With the GNOME 45 update, Loupe became GNOME's default image viewer, replacing Eye of GNOME.{{Cite web |last=Rudra |first=Sourav |date=12 May 2023 |title=Loupe is the New Image Viewer App for GNOME |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/loupe-image-viewer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201135002/https://news.itsfoss.com/loupe-image-viewer/ |archive-date=1 February 2024 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=It's FOSS News}}{{Cite web |last=Häcker |first=Felix |date=11 August 2023 |title=#108 Sandboxed Images |url=https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/08/twig-108/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204183831/https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/08/twig-108/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=This Week in GNOME}}

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.