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The best alternative to Microsoft Photos 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 Microsoft Photos and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Microsoft Photos are ReFra gallery, PicView, Zoner Studio and Focus Go.

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  1. XnView MP icon
     414 likes

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

    193 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. nomacs icon
     260 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.

    115 nomacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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  3. Gwenview icon
     99 likes

    Offers quick browsing and display of various image formats, basic editing tools like crop, rotate, lossless JPEG manipulation, folder browsing as thumbnails or slideshows, supports XCF, drag-and-drop, metadata viewing, KDE integration, and plugin extensions.

    106 Gwenview alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  4. PicView icon
     52 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.

    74 PicView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  5. Zoner Studio icon
     60 likes

    All-in-one photo editor offering organized asset management, advanced RAW processing, detailed layers and masks, HDR monitor compatibility, AI-powered tools for editing, integrated video editor for trimming, flexible culling options, and print creation features.

    106 Zoner Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Focus Go icon
     10 likes

    Focus Go is the gallery I always wanted to have, so I built it. I don't like bloated galleries with 23093485 features, so I only built the ones I need/think are needed.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Android
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  7. KDE Photos icon
     2 likes

    Koko is an image viewer designed for desktop and mobile touch devices. It is part of the Plasma Mobile app collection.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Plasma Mobile
    • Flatpak
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  8. PhotoQt icon
     30 likes

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

    61 PhotoQt alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  9. 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.

    53 feh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. 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

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
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  11. Image Eye icon
     15 likes

    Simplistic Image Viewer with focus on speed of rendering and switching between images. A good complement when no editing capabilities are nessesary.

    83 Image Eye alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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