Open Source IrfanView Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to IrfanView for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is nomacs. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to IrfanView and many of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to IrfanView are ImageGlass, JPEGView, qView and PicView.

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  1. nomacs icon
     247 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.

    98 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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    nomacs vs IrfanView Comments
    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.

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    0

    nomacs is not bad, but very limited in comparison with irfanview!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    No bloated user interface.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 6 comments
    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • nomacs is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  2. ImageGlass icon
     248 likes

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

    83 ImageGlass alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    ImageGlass vs IrfanView Comments
    s0me0ne
    Positive
    0

    Open source, supports more formats than any other viewer

    casey-likes-open-sauce
    Negative
    0

    This was pretty good for awhile. But now brings up an extra window every time it is opened to tell you to BUY off the Microsoft Store for updates. On top of that, is taking up to 15 seconds to open a 60kb jpeg. Uninstalled.

    Shuunen
    Positive
    -2

    Lightweight, minimalist & effective

    3 of 4 comments
    • ImageGlass is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • ImageGlass is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  3. JPEGView icon
     146 likes

    Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...

    140 JPEGView alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    JPEGView vs IrfanView Comments
    Matt Adamek
    Positive
    0

    More features, less resource-savvy

    michaelino
    Positive
    1

    It's fast and it doesn't eat as many resources as Irfan.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Best free for commercial use alternative to IrfanView. Small, fast, and better than the default Windows image viewer.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • JPEGView is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • JPEGView is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  4. 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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    qView vs IrfanView Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    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
    Negative
    -1

    Only processes single images, no way to look at folders or organize.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • qView is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • qView is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  5. PicView icon
     48 likes

    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
     
  6. qimgv icon
     42 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.

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  7. PhotoSort icon
     10 likes

    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
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  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. PhotoQt icon
     32 likes

    PhotoQt is a fast and simple, good looking, yet powerful and highly configurable image viewer.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  10. FloatVision icon
     2 likes

    Frameless image viewer for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  11. 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
     
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