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.

Image format support

Currently, Loupe supports all the formats that glycin does. These are:

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Development

Loupe is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Written in the Rust programming language, it relies on glycin,{{Cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=GNOME / Image Viewer ∙ GitLab |url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/loupe/-/tree/8b4beadcd93fedd3036d3c07755dcc17bdded1e3#supported-image-formats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227230015/https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/loupe/-/tree/8b4beadcd93fedd3036d3c07755dcc17bdded1e3 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=GNOME GitLab}} an image decoding crate.

See also

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

References