XnView Classic AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Image Viewers

The best open source Image Viewer alternative to XnView Classic is nomacs. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to XnView Classic and loads of them are open source Image Viewers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Image Viewer alternatives to XnView Classic are ImageGlass, qView, Gwenview and JPEGView.

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  1. nomacs icon
     247 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.

    98 nomacs alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
  2. qView icon
     82 likes

    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.

    110 qView alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. Gwenview icon
     92 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.

    93 Gwenview alternatives

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  4. JPEGView icon
     146 likes

    Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. PicView icon
     48 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  6. qimgv icon
     42 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders. Can open some extra formats (JPEG-XL, AVIF, APNG, HEIF/HEIC, RAW) via third-party image plugins.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. gThumb icon
     105 likes

    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    121 gThumb alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
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    gThumb vs XnView Classic Comments
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    Workflow is trash, and when saving quality is much worse. Also not the formats covered.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • gThumb is Free and Open SourceXnView Classic is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • gThumb is Privacy focusedXnView Classic is not according to our users
  8. PhotoSort icon
     10 likes

    Desktop app for photo sorting on Windows & Mac, managing JPG+RAW files. Sort photos into folders using keys, providing easy navigation and clean interface without deletion, ensuring a focused experience with flexible viewing, safe storage, and no fluff.

    63 PhotoSort alternatives

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Pix icon
     11 likes

    An image viewer and browser utility - primarily for Linux Mint. Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.

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    • Linux
     
  10. PhotoQt icon
     32 likes

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

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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