Gowall
Gowall is a free, open-source command-line PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. A tool to convert a Wallpaper's color scheme / palette, OCR with VLM's Traditional & Hybrid, Image Compression,color palette extraction, image upsacling with Adversarial Networks and more image. It has 2,314 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows
- Command line
- PDF editors & tools
- Actively maintained
About Gowall
  Overview     Installation     Contributions   Gowall started as a tool to convert an image ( specifically a wallpaper ) to any color-scheme / palette you like! It has now evolved to a swiss army knife of image prosessing offering (OCR,Image upsacling,image compression and a lot more)
Install Gowall
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
brew install gowallAUR (Arch Linux)
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What is Gowall?
Gowall is a free, open-source command-line PDF tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. A tool to convert a Wallpaper's color scheme / palette, OCR with VLM's Traditional & Hybrid, Image Compression,color palette extraction, image upsacling with Adversarial Networks and more image. It has 2,314 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.
Is Gowall free and open source?
Yes. Gowall's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Gowall?
Homebrew: brew install gowall and the AUR package gowall. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v0.2.4).
Is Gowall still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.