IrfanView Alternatives

IrfanView is described as 'Fast and powerful image viewer, editor, and converter for beginners and pros. Supports various formats, batch processing, and many extensions' and is a leading Image Viewer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to IrfanView for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Web-based apps. The best IrfanView alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or nomacs. Other great apps like IrfanView are FastStone Image Viewer, XnView Classic, JPEGView and qView.

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  1. Xee icon
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    Xee is an streamlined and convenient image viewer and browser. It is similar to macOS's Preview.app, but lets you easily browse the entire contents of folders and archives, move and copy image files quickly, and supports many more image formats.

    84 Xee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. PhoXoSee icon
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    PhoXoSee is a blazing fast and lightweight image viewer, Highly optimized at only 3.8MB in size, it brings you ultra-fast loading speeds and minimal memory usage. It features powerful real-time image processing that enhances your viewing experience.

    36 PhoXoSee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. GraphicConvertor is an image viewer & convertor that converts images between many formats and retouches, edits, and transforms them using tools, effects and filters. It supports a batch and slideshow mode, image browser, and access to metadata.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  4. Fragment is an image viewer with cool features like: Upload and Share, HUD User Interface, Peeking and Skimming, Animated GIFs, History, Thumbnails, Fill View and it is fast!

    Features:

    • Lightweight;
    • Fast startup, image loading and on-screen navigation, using OpenGL;
    • Uniqu.
    74 Fragment image viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. FotoStation icon
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    Image management, gallery and some editing capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. feh icon
     26 likes

    feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simply displays images. It is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions.

    51 feh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Imaginario icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  9. Lenscape icon
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    Lenscape is a macOS photo viewer software optimized for Apple Silicon. It allows users to view, manage, and customize their photos and videos in various modes like gallery, full screen, or thumbnail. Users can also select photos and videos to move, copy, trash, or share them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. FuturixImager icon
     3 likes

    FuturixImager is a compact and customizable image viewer. It is capable of opening more then 50 file types, including all most popular ones (GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, JPEG2000, raw, DNG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Xviewer icon
     7 likes

    Xviewer is a simple image viewer which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Xviewer is installed by default in Linux Mint.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  12. Clotski icon
     1 like

    Seamlessly browse and share images directly from your menu bar application, with support for tagging, searching, and drag-and-drop functionality. Experience full keyboard control and effortless integration with the pasteboard, enabling automatic image collection and streamlined workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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