Open Source Gwenview Alternatives for Mac

Gwenview is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best open source Mac alternative is digiKam. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Gwenview and 18 are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Gwenview are nomacs, ImageGlass, qView and PicView.

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  1. digiKam icon
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    digiKam is an advanced digital photo management tool that simplifies importing and organizing photos into albums. It supports various formats including RAW, features tagging, metadata management, duplicate finder, photo editing, sharing, GPS data handling, and has cross-platform compatibility.

    110 digiKam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
  2. 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.

    98 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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    small size, can also manipulate images with surprisinly advanced tools

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    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceGwenview is also Free and Open Source
    • nomacs is CustomizableGwenview is not according to our users
  3. qView icon
     82 likes

    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.

    110 qView alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Flathub
     
  4. PicView icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  5. PhotoSort icon
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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.

    63 PhotoSort alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. FlowVision icon
     6 likes

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

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    • Mac
     
  7. Oculante icon
     4 likes

    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 (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
    • NetBSD
     
  8. Vipsdisp icon
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    Vipsdisp can display huge (many, many gigabyte) images quickly and without using much memory. As well as the usual PNG, JPG, TIF, PDF, SVG, WEBP, JP2, JXL and GIF, it supports many scientific and technical image formats, including SVS, MRXS, OpenEXR, FITS, Matlab, NIfTI...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  9. Picturama icon
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    Picturama is a free and open-source image organizer for the desktop built on Electron and powered by web technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  10. Imaginario icon
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    Imaginario is an open-source, cross-platform photo manager for the desktop with a version optimized for mobile devices running Ubuntu. It features built-in filterable search, great tagging with hierarchical categories and automatic face-tagging and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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