IrfanView Alternatives for Linux

IrfanView 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 XnView MP or nomacs. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to IrfanView and loads of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to IrfanView are qView, Gwenview, qimgv and gThumb.

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  1. 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)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  2. Ristretto icon
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    The Ristretto Image Viewer is an application that can be used to view, and scroll through images.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
     
  3. LightGallery icon
     4 likes

    A modern, electron and nodejs based image viewer for Mac, Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Deepin Image Viewer is an image viewer produced by Deepin Technology. It is fashion and smooth, supports multiple image formats, user can view any kind of image.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. µPhotos icon
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    µPhotos is a fast OpenGL-based cross platform immersive photo viewer and organizer. Here is a list of features, that make µPhotos special:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  7. Loupe is a modern image viewer designed for the GNOME desktop environment, offering fast GPU-accelerated rendering, image editing and metadata viewing. It replaced .

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. GPicView icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  9. imv icon
     2 likes

    imv is a command line image viewer intended for use with tiling window managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Image Roll icon
     1 like

    A simple and fast GTK image viewer with basic image manipulation tools. Written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. KPhotoAlbum icon
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    If you have hundreds or even thousands of images on your hard drive, it becomes impossible to remember the story behind every single image or the names of the persons photographed. KPhotoAlbum was created to help you describe your images and then search the big pile of pictures...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  12. eye of MATE icon
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    eom or the Eye of MATE is a simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and can zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Eye of MATE is a fork of Eye of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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