Windows Photo Viewer Alternatives for Mac

Windows Photo Viewer is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac 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 25 alternatives to Windows Photo Viewer and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Windows Photo Viewer are PicView, Preview, Geeqie Image Viewer and Fragment image viewer.

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

    142 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    Starts in fullscreen by default, bloated - includes a file browser, lacking settings to make it as simple a picture viewer as photo viewer is. Not too user-friendly of an UI.

    May have it's uses, but does far too much for the requirements - if I wanna edit I'll just jump into photoshop, if I wanna browse - I'll just jump into a file browser.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think XnView MP is a great Windows Photo Viewer alternative.

    • XnView MP is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Windows Photo Viewer.

    • XnView MP is Free Personal and ProprietaryWindows Photo Viewer is Free and Proprietary
  2. nomacs icon
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    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.

    96 nomacs alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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  3. qView icon
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    Fast and lightweight Qt-based image viewer with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features include multiple format support, customizable interface, GIF playback, high-resolution display compatibility, and efficient navigation through keyboard shortcuts.

    109 qView alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about qView as an Alternative to Windows Photo Viewer
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    simple, portable, minimalistic

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • qView is Free and Open SourceWindows Photo Viewer is Free and Proprietary
    • qView is Minimalistic, Lightweight and Privacy focusedWindows Photo Viewer is not according to our users
  4. PicView icon
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    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.

    61 PicView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  5. Preview icon
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    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    167 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • This alternative is disputed. Preview is a legitimate Windows Photo Viewer alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Preview is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Windows Photo Viewer.

    • Preview is Free and ProprietaryWindows Photo Viewer is also Free and Proprietary
    • Preview is LightweightWindows Photo Viewer is not according to our users
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    Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Sequential icon
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    Sequential is an image viewer for Mac OS X. It was originally designed for opening a folder of images and displaying them in order. It works well for viewing comics and manga.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Sequential as an Alternative to Windows Photo Viewer
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    Very great for comics and manga.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Sequential is Free and Open SourceWindows Photo Viewer is Free and Proprietary
  9. ViewPic icon
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    ViewPic is a lightning fast and image viewer for Mac OS X, you can quickly browse through all images in a folder.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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