Where to Download Ghostscript Products or Contact the Team
Ghostscript's core interpreters — Ghostscript, GhostPDF, GhostPCL, GhostXPS, and GhostPDL — are all available for download directly from ghostscript.com. Ghostscript Office, the commercial edition that adds Word, PowerPoint, and Excel processing, is not a self-serve download; you reach it through the Contact Us route. The same page also links out to ZUGFeRD/Factur-X e-invoicing information and to MuPDF for advanced PDF extraction.
Download entries by product
| Product | What it is | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Ghostscript | Interpreter for the PostScript language and PDF files; a PostScript interpreter layer plus a graphics library | Download |
| GhostPDF | The new PDF interpreter, written entirely in C, now the default and also available as a standalone PDF-only binary | Download |
| GhostPCL | Interpreter for PCL and PXL files, built on the Ghostscript graphics library | Download |
| GhostXPS | Interpreter for XPS (XML Paper Specification) files, built on the Ghostscript graphics library | Download |
| GhostPDL | The whole Ghostscript family brought together — all four elements above | Download |
| Ghostscript Office | Commercial version of GhostPDL that also reads and processes common office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) | Contact Us |
If you only need PDF handling, GhostPDF is the focused choice and is already the default interpreter inside Ghostscript. If you need to cover several page description languages in one integration, GhostPDL bundles them.
Contact channels and adjacent options
- Contact Us — the entry point for Ghostscript Office and for commercial or integration questions.
- ZUGFeRD / Factur-X — Ghostscript generates ZUGFeRD and Factur-X compliant e-invoices by embedding structured XML invoice data into PDF/A-3 documents. The page offers a Learn More link plus a Contact Us option for standards-based, automated e-invoicing workflows.
- MuPDF — if your need is advanced PDF extraction rather than conversion, the page points to MuPDF as a fast, lightweight document parsing solution compatible with Python, .NET, JavaScript, C#, and more.
What to check before you download
- Integration style: Ghostscript can be called as a standalone command-line application or integrated directly into your application as an SDK. Decide which you need before picking a package.
- Platform: Ghostscript is written entirely in C and runs on most operating systems and platforms, including Windows and macOS. Confirm your target environment is covered.
- Feature scope: the feature set spans imposition, color management, native rendering to raster, conversion to vector formats, and custom screening technologies for color reproduction and print output. Match these against your pipeline before committing.
Typical use cases these downloads serve
The solutions listed on the page give a quick way to tell whether you are in the right place: server-side PDF generation pipelines, conversion and compression for SaaS applications, document archiving systems (PDF/A conversion), thumbnail and preview generation for document management, e-invoicing (ZUGFeRD/Factur-X), and pre-press and print production workflows.