View PS files in your browser
The page language behind desktop publishing and laser printers, still found in papers, print jobs and old archives. Open one right here, page by page. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file is drawn by a PostScript interpreter inside your browser, then opens fitted to your window, with its pages beside it.
- Every page drawn • Zoom from 25% to 500%
- Sharp at any zoom • Drawn, not pictured
- Page thumbnails • Type a page to go to it
- Export • Save pages as PNG or JPEG
About PS
John Warnock and Charles Geschke made PostScript at Adobe in 1984, and Apple's LaserWriter brought it to desks the next year. A PostScript file is a program that draws each page with lines, curves, text and pictures, which a printer or an interpreter runs to put them on paper or a screen.
PDF grew out of PostScript and took its place, but .ps files still come from LaTeX, from Print to File, from scientific papers and from old document archives. Opening one usually means installing Ghostscript.
Filepeek runs the PostScript with stet, an open source interpreter compiled to WebAssembly, and shows every page it draws with thumbnails beside them. Turn the pages, zoom in, and save pages as PNG or JPEG.
PostScript
.ps
Format
- MIME type
- application/postscript
- Made by
- Adobe
- Released
- 1984
Inside the file
- Pages
- One or many, drawn by the program
- Drawing
- Paths, text, fonts and pictures
- Comments
- Title, creator, date and pages, when it has them
- Levels
- PostScript Level 1, 2 or 3
Opens in every browser
Browsers can't show PostScript, and download it instead. Filepeek draws every page in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Questions
How do I open a PS file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a PS. Filepeek runs it in your browser and shows every page, with nothing to install.
Can I turn PostScript pages into images?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as PNG or Save as JPEG, tick the pages you want and pick a size, up to 300 DPI.
Is it safe to open a PS file here?
Yes. A PostScript file is a program, so Filepeek runs it inside your browser, in an interpreter that can't reach the web or your files.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The file opens inside your browser and never leaves your device.