FastStone Image Viewer Alternatives for Linux

FastStone Image Viewer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try nomacs or qView. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FastStone Image Viewer and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to FastStone Image Viewer are Gwenview, qimgv, gThumb and Tonfotos.

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FastStone Image Viewer alternatives are mainly Image Viewers but may also be Photo Managers or Image Editors.  Other popular filters includes Android + Image Viewer and Mac + Image Editors and Mac + Free. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of FastStone Image Viewer.
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Fast, stable Windows-compatible image viewer and editor with extensive browsing, conversion, and editing features, including slideshows and EXIF info.

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FastStone Image Viewer alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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  1. XnView MP icon
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    XnView MP

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

    137 XnView MP alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top XnView MP Features

    1.  Media library
    2.  Batch image manipulation
    3.  Batch Editing
    4.  Thumbnails
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Sorting by tags
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Batch Rename Files
    10.  File Tagging
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  No Tracking
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    Because, XnView have many functions and it's a multi platform application.

    Positive comment •Nov 9, 2018
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    • Most users think XnView MP is a great FastStone Image Viewer alternative.

    • XnView MP is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FastStone Image Viewer.

    • XnView MP is the most popular free alternative to FastStone Image Viewer.

    • XnView MP is Free Personal and ProprietaryFastStone Image Viewer is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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    nomacs

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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.

    86 nomacs alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Multiplatform
    2.  Image browser
    3.  Crop images
    4.  Support for SVG
    5.  RAW Photo Editors
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    8.  Portable
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Frameless
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    Editing option are not great

    Negative comment •Oct 31, 2022
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    • Most users think nomacs is a great FastStone Image Viewer alternative.

    • nomacs is the most popular Open Source alternative to FastStone Image Viewer.

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceFastStone Image Viewer is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • nomacs is LightweightFastStone Image Viewer is not according to our users
  4. qView icon
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    qView

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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.

    100 qView alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Fullscreen support
    2.  Portable
    3.  QT Based
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode
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  5. Gwenview icon
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    Gwenview

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    Gwenview is an image viewer for KDE. It can load and save all image formats supported by KDE, but Gwenview can also browse GIMP files (*.xcf). Gwenview does not try to replace your favorite image editor, so it only features the most simple image manipulations, e.g.

    83 Gwenview alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Portable
    7.  Image resizing
    8.  Image Processing
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  6. qimgv icon
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    qimgv

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    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Contribute to easymodo/qimgv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    103 qimgv alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Video playback
    2.  Photo Wall
    3.  Copy & paste actions
    4.  Folder Hierarchy
    5.  Portable
    6.  WEBP Support
    7.  Scripting Copy-Dialog
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  7. gThumb icon
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    gThumb

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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.

    117 gThumb alternatives
    Adjust Colors

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    Adjust sharpness
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  WEBP Support
    4.  Photo selection
    5.  In built video player
    6.  Search metadata
    7.  Slide Show
    8.  Image browser
    9.  Thumbnails
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    Misses some key features, just too simple.

    Negative comment •Mar 18, 2019
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    • Some users think gThumb is a great FastStone Image Viewer alternative, some don't.

    • gThumb is Free and Open SourceFastStone Image Viewer is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • gThumb is Privacy focusedFastStone Image Viewer is not according to our users
  9. Tonfotos icon
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    Tonfotos

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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.

    20 Tonfotos alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Tonfotos Features

    1.  Facial Recognition
    2.  Automatic deletion of duplicate entries
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  10. Aspect icon
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    Aspect

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    Aspect is a digital asset manager that uses end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer synchronization to offer full cross-device support, without requiring cloud storage or subscriptions of any kind. Photos are stored and organized transparently in the file system, so that they can be...

    10 Aspect alternatives
    The photo stream after loading the library

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Inside of an event
    Details view and metadata editor

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Hardware Accelerated
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Non Destructive Editing
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  End-to-End Encryption
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Cloud Sync
    12.  Batch Editing
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  11. Geeqie Image Viewer icon
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    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.

    96 Geeqie Image Viewer alternatives
    Sidebar with histogram, exif and keywords

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Multi-selection
    5.  Image Comparison
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  12. Eye of GNOME icon
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    Eye of GNOME

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    Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment. With it, you can view single image files, as well as large image collections. The Eye of GNOME supports a variety of image file formats.

    82 Eye of GNOME alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
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  13. PhotoQt icon
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    PhotoQt

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    PhotoQt is a simple, yet powerful and good looking image viewer, written in Qt, published as open-source, and completely free.

    48 PhotoQt alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. QuickViewer icon
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    QuickViewer

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    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.

    Portabl.

    105 QuickViewer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    QuickViewer Features

    1.  RAW Photo Editors
    2.  Integrated Search
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    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.1.8) was released in December 2019.

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