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

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Fast and compact image viewer/converter trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. Many supported file formats and features. Features included: multi-language support, Thumbnail option, Painting,...

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IrfanView alternatives page was last updated Oct 3, 2024
  1. Geeqie Image Viewer icon
     51 likes

    Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.

    95 Geeqie Image Viewer alternatives
    Sidebar with histogram, exif and keywords

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Multi-selection
    5.  Image Comparison
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    Comments about Geeqie Image Viewer as an Alternative to IrfanView
     
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    Selecting Images for a collection (e.g. Calendar) is easy and works super fast with the keyboard. And another keystroke copies all selected images in a separate folder for printing.

    Positive commentNov 23, 2020
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    • Most users think Geeqie Image Viewer is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • Geeqie Image Viewer is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Geeqie Image Viewer is Lightweight and Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  2. feh icon
     25 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.

    47 feh alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Built-in viewer
    2.  X11/Xorg
    3.  Command Line Options
    4.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    5.  Works in a terminal
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  3. PhotoQt icon
     31 likes

    PhotoQt is a simple, yet powerful and good looking image viewer, written in Qt, published as open-source, and completely free.

    47 PhotoQt alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. 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.

    81 Xviewer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
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  5. Fragment image viewer icon
     12 likes

    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.
    65 Fragment image viewer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Image browser
    3.  Slideshow mode
    4.  Crop images
    5.  Drag and Drop
    6.  Upload directly to Facebook
    7.  Upload images
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  6. Viewnior icon
     34 likes

    Its minimalistic interface provides more screenspace for your images. Among its features are:

    53 Viewnior alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fullscreen support
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  7. QuickViewer icon
     18 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.

    Portabl.

    104 QuickViewer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    QuickViewer Features

    1.  RAW Photo Editors
    2.  Integrated Search
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.1.8) was released in December 2019.

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  8. Oculante icon
     2 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.

    53 Oculante alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Noise Reduction
    7.  Support for SVG
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