Ristretto Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Ristretto for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is nomacs, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Ristretto and 15 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Ristretto are gThumb, Swayimg, PhotoQt and QuickViewer.

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  1. nomacs icon
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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.

    97 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
  2. gThumb icon
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    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    121 gThumb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  3.  1 like

    Image viewer for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  4. PhotoQt icon
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    PhotoQt is a fast and simple, good looking, yet powerful and highly configurable image viewer.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. QuickViewer icon
     20 likes

    QuickViewer is a graphic image viewer for comfortable browsing of many images. This software performs reading of image data in advance. And drawing the imported image data on the screen with OpenGL. You can browse images with much smoother response than ever before.

    112 QuickViewer alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. feh icon
     26 likes

    feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simply displays images. It is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions.

    51 feh alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  8. Viewnior icon
     34 likes

    Its minimalistic interface provides more screenspace for your images. Among its features are:

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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    Viewnior vs Ristretto Comments
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    Don't like the side panel on Ristretto that gets confused when I delete images from the folder. Viewnior doesn't have that so moving things around in the folder has no effect.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Viewnior is Free and Open SourceRistretto is also Free and Open Source
    • Viewnior is LightweightRistretto is not according to our users
  9. Loupe is a modern image viewer designed for the GNOME desktop environment, offering fast GPU-accelerated rendering, image editing and metadata viewing. It replaced .

    60 Loupe Image Viewer alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  10. sxiv icon
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    sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features required for fast image viewing.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  11. Mirage icon
     20 likes

    Mirage is a fast and simple GTK+ image viewer. Because it depends only on PyGTK, Mirage is ideal for users who wish to keep their computers lean while still having a clean image viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  12. GPicView icon
     14 likes

    GPicView is a simple and fast image viewer with low memory usage. This little program is not aimed to be powerful or feature-rich. Its aimed to replace the default image viewer of current desktop systems.

    66 GPicView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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