Gwenview Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Gwenview for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or digiKam. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Gwenview and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Gwenview are nomacs, qView, qimgv and Shotwell.

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  1. XnView MP icon
     409 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    XnView MP vs Gwenview Comments
    Peter Mello
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    It has an abundance of features, all packed into a dense UI that lets me pick and choose what information I need at any given moment.

    • XnView MP is Free Personal and ProprietaryGwenview is Free and Open Source
  2. digiKam icon
     368 likes

    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.

    128 digiKam alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Qt
     
  3. ImageGlass icon
     265 likes

    A feature-rich, simple-to-use app seamlessly integrated with a clean, minimal and modern user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. nomacs icon
     254 likes

    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.

    107 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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    nomacs vs Gwenview Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    small size, can also manipulate images with surprisinly advanced tools

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceGwenview is also Free and Open Source
    • nomacs is CustomizableGwenview is not according to our users
  5. qView icon
     90 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.

    121 qView alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. qimgv icon
     41 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders. Can open some extra formats (JPEG-XL, AVIF, APNG, HEIF/HEIC, RAW) via third-party image plugins.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. gThumb icon
     108 likes

    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    127 gThumb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. Pix icon
     11 likes

    An image viewer and browser utility - primarily for Linux Mint. Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.

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    • Linux
     
  9. Eye of GNOME icon
     49 likes

    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.

    97 Eye of GNOME alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  10. Oculante icon
     6 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)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
    • NetBSD
     
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