https://github.com/stuartlangridge/magnus

A very simple screen magnifier for Ubuntu
https://github.com/stuartlangridge/magnus

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A very simple screen magnifier for Ubuntu

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stuartlangridge/magnus
• Owner: stuartlangridge
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-05-24T09:58:17.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-14T07:49:55.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-03T23:44:09.376Z (10 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 173 KB
• Stars: 42
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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  Magnus



A very simple screen magnifier.


![Magnus Screenshot](data/screenshot.png?raw=true)

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## Building, Testing, and Installation

### Ubuntu

A [PPA for Magnus](https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/magnus) is published by [Martin Wimpress](https://github.com/flexiondotorg).

```bash

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/magnus

sudo apt update

sudo apt install magnus

```

There's also an Ansible deployment by Taha Ahmed at [codeberg](https://codeberg.org/ansible/magnus).

### Source

You'll need the following dependencies:

  * `gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0`

  * `gir1.2-glib-2.0`

  * `gir1.2-gtk-3.0`

  * `gir1.2-keybinder-3.0`

  * `python3`

  * `python3-gi`

  * `python3-setproctitle`

Run `setup.py` to build and install Magnus:

```bash

sudo python3 setup.py install

```