Fips is a consumer product built for astronomers.

Is Fips still maintained?

Unverified. Fips has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Fips?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Input Masks for Contact Form 7, AgizoAI HTML AI Clean Up, and Teecontrol Course Data.

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Fips

Name: Fips
Author: Fips team

FlathubDesign & Creative

Fips is a cross-platform FITS image viewer that leverages OpenGL for fast and responsive image manipulation. It supports zooming, panning, and level adjustments, making it suitable for astronomers and scientists working with FITS image data.

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Overview

5 features

In the Design & Creative space, Fips takes a focused approach. It focuses on viewing and analyzing FITS scientific images efficiently using GPU acceleration. Fips is a consumer product aimed at astronomers. It is available for free. It ships for Linux.

Behind Fips is Fips team. Among its 5 catalogued features are FITS image support, openGL acceleration, and zooming.

FITS image support
OpenGL acceleration
Zooming
Panning
Level adjustments

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 23:56 UTC
Fips verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Fips

What is Fips?: Fips focuses on viewing and analyzing FITS scientific images efficiently using GPU acceleration. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.
Who should use Fips?: Fips is a consumer product built for astronomers.
Does Fips have a free plan?: Yes — Fips is free to use.
What platforms does Fips run on?: Fips runs on Linux.
Is Fips still maintained?: Unverified. Fips has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Fips?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Input Masks for Contact Form 7, AgizoAI HTML AI Clean Up, and Teecontrol Course Data.Input Masks for Contact Form 7 AgizoAI HTML AI Clean Up Teecontrol Course Data
Who develops Fips?: Fips is developed by Fips team.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: astronomers
Model: B2C
Solves: Viewing and analyzing FITS scientific images efficiently using GPU acceleration.

Registered as

Flathub: space.fips.Fips

Developer

Fips team

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: fips-flathub-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/space.fips.Fips

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