Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux


Microsoft Photos 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 Microsoft Photos and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Microsoft Photos are Gwenview, qimgv, gThumb and Pix.






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

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.


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...



The Ristretto Image Viewer is an application that can be used to view, and scroll through images.




A lightweight image viewer that allows you to view frequently used image format files quickly, and provide a Stay-on-Top window setting so you can use it to pin a reference image at the top to work with other software.




sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features required for fast image viewing.
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.

Galapix is an image viewer that allows you to directly zoom into large collection of tens of thousand of images from tiny thumbnails down to the images original size fluently with very short load times and no loss of interactivity.



LeafView is a lightweight, cross-platform image viewer with smooth zoom, folder browsing, and grid view, built with Electron and Leaflet.js.

