Free IrfanView Alternatives for Mac

IrfanView is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best free Mac alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or nomacs. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to IrfanView and many of them are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to IrfanView are PicView, PhotoSort, Apple Photos and FlowVision.

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IrfanView alternatives are mainly Image Viewers, but if you're looking for Image Editors or Photo Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Mac, Linux + Open Source, Open Source, iPad and Android + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to IrfanView.
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  1. XnView MP icon

    XnView MP

     388 likes
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    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    142 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top Positive Comment
    henriquedominguesgarcia
    11

    XnView has dozens of tools and filters for fast image editing, as well as an integrated file manager with several functions to organize images. Besides everything runs on both Windows and Linux. It's a bit slow compared to Irfanview, but it's still one of the best programs of its kind.

    Top Negative Comment
    Korwin
    1

    After enabling the "Show files in subfolders" option, it crashes with tens of thousands of images. IrfanView in the same situation works flawlessly (apart from the fact that it does not save the generated thumbnails to the database for quick reuse).

    Guest
    Negative
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    one can't even delete images in fullscreen

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think XnView MP is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • XnView MP is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to IrfanView.

    • XnView MP is the most popular free alternative to IrfanView.

    • XnView MP is Free Personal and ProprietaryIrfanView is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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    nomacs

     239 likes
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    nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.

    96 nomacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    Top Positive Comment
    KennethWilhelmsson
    2

    nomacs is so far the best contender to irfanview. You can go through images and delete or keep. Scale and cut. Having some trouble with paste, but I hope that is a setting. Or an yet undiscovered feature.

    Guest
    Positive
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    No bloated user interface.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    1

    Has possibilty to paste image from clipboard!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think nomacs is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • nomacs is the most popular Open Source alternative to IrfanView.

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • nomacs is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  4. qView icon

    qView

     80 likes
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    Fast and lightweight Qt-based image viewer with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features include multiple format support, customizable interface, GIF playback, high-resolution display compatibility, and efficient navigation through keyboard shortcuts.

    109 qView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Comments about qView as an Alternative to IrfanView
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    IrfanView is not a simple viewer. Take all of what qView does away from IrfanView and you still have a complete program. qView appears to be a good program just not an alternative to IrfanView.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Only processes single images, no way to look at folders or organize.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. qView is a legitimate IrfanView alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • qView is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • qView is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
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    PicView

     48 likes
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    PicView is a fast, free and fully customizable picture viewer for macOS and Windows 10/11. It supports virtually all image file types, including (animated) WEBP, (animated) GIF, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, PSD and many others.

    61 PicView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
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    PhotoSort

     10 likes
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    Desktop app for photo sorting on Windows & Mac, managing JPG+RAW files. Sort photos into folders using keys, providing easy navigation and clean interface without deletion, ensuring a focused experience with flexible viewing, safe storage, and no fluff.

    60 PhotoSort alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Apple Photos

     57 likes
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    Photos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto .

    118 Apple Photos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Apple Photos is the most popular Web-based alternative to IrfanView.

    • Apple Photos is Free and ProprietaryIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
  9. FlowVision icon

    FlowVision

     6 likes
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    Waterfall-style image viewer for macOS, offering a smooth and immersive browsing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. NX Studio icon

    NX Studio

     4 likes
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    NX Studio is a computer software that allows users to enjoy the viewing, processing, and editing of still images and video, and provides more intuitive operation.

    152 NX Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Oculante icon

    Oculante

     4 likes
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    A no-nonsense hardware-accelerated image viewer. Oculante's vision is to be a fast, unobtrusive, portable image viewer with wide image format support, offering image analysis and basic editing tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
    • NetBSD
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  12. Geeqie Image Viewer icon

    Geeqie Image Viewer

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    Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
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    Comments about Geeqie Image Viewer as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Guest
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    0

    Selecting Images for a collection (e.g. Calendar) is easy and works super fast with the keyboard. And another keystroke copies all selected images in a separate folder for printing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Geeqie Image Viewer is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • Geeqie Image Viewer is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Geeqie Image Viewer is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  13. Tonfotos icon

    Tonfotos

     99 likes
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    Tonfotos simplifies browsing of large photo collection by grouping shots by events, dates, people, locations and so on. Quickly find what you need regardless where files are stored - on your computer, external drives or NAS.

    26 Tonfotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Tonfotos as an Alternative to IrfanView
    tomater
    Positive
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    Has very useful features such as import images from smartphone and duplicates detection.

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    • Tonfotos is Free Personal and ProprietaryIrfanView is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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