Ghostscript Alternatives

Ghostscript is described as 'Interpreter for the PostScript® language and PDF files' and is a PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are eight alternatives to Ghostscript for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best Ghostscript alternative is Evince, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghostscript are Minimal PDF Compress, DocsPal, AVS Document Converter and XConvert.com.

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  1. Evince icon

    Evince

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    Evince (or GNOME Document Viewer) is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS, SyncTex support with gedit, comics books (cbr,cbz,cb7 and cbt) and others. See Supported Document Formats for details.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    • Evince is the most popular Linux alternative to Ghostscript.

    • Evince is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ghostscript.

    • Evince is Free and Open SourceGhostscript is also Free and Open Source
    • Evince is Lightweight and MinimalisticGhostscript is not according to our users
  2. Minimal PDF Compress icon

    Minimal PDF Compress

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    Comprehensive PDF utility enabling advanced lossy, lossless, and archival compression, high-resolution image conversion, page rotation or deletion, merging, splitting, and batch processing, all with a minimal interface, offline operation, and cross-platform support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Minimal PDF Compress is the most popular Windows alternative to Ghostscript.

    • Minimal PDF Compress is Free and Open SourceGhostscript is also Free and Open Source
    • Minimal PDF Compress is LightweightGhostscript is not according to our users
  4. DocsPal icon

    DocsPal

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    DocsPal is a free online file converter. Convert your files online, instantly and for free: documents, video, audio, images, e-books, archives. You can also view your document directly in our Viewer page. And there is no need to download any software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • DocsPal is the most popular Web-based alternative to Ghostscript.

    • DocsPal is Free and ProprietaryGhostscript is Free and Open Source
  5. AVS Document Converter icon

    AVS Document Converter

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    AVS Document Converter is an easy-to-use software application designed to view and convert various types of documents. AVS Document Converter can quickly and easily perform the following tasks:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    XConvert.com

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    XConvert is a free online file convert tool provider. XConvert specialized in converting, compressing, splitting, and combining such as PDF, Microsoft Word, audio, video, and image file types.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • XConvert.com is the most popular SaaS alternative to Ghostscript.

    • XConvert.com is Free and ProprietaryGhostscript is Free and Open Source

  7. eps viewer

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    Free EPS Viewer – free software that lets you view (.eps) file, resize and convert them to other image formats (.bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png, .tiff).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. psutils

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    PSUtils is a collection of useful utilities for manipulating PostScript documents. Programs included are psnup, for placing out several logical pages on a single sheet of paper, psselect, for selecting pages from a document, pstops, for general imposition, psbook, for signature...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    PS to PDF

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    PS to PDF is a windows application which can offer the best performance available to provide speedy conversions from PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript to Portable Document Format (PDF). It supports to convert multiple PS/EPS files into one PDF file.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

    • PS to PDF is the most popular commercial alternative to Ghostscript.

    • PS to PDF is Paid and ProprietaryGhostscript is Free and Open Source
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