XnView Classic Alternatives for Linux

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

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  1. Eye of GNOME icon
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    Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment. With it, you can view single image files, as well as large image collections. The Eye of GNOME supports a variety of image file formats.

    90 Eye of GNOME alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  2. Picturama icon
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    Picturama is a free and open-source image organizer for the desktop built on Electron and powered by web technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  3. ImageFan Reloaded is a cross-platform, feature-rich, tab-based image viewer, supporting multi-core processing.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. feh icon
     26 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.

    51 feh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. µPhotos icon
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    µPhotos is a fast OpenGL-based cross platform immersive photo viewer and organizer. Here is a list of features, that make µPhotos special:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  6. Loupe is a modern image viewer designed for the GNOME desktop environment, offering fast GPU-accelerated rendering, image editing and metadata viewing. It replaced .

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  7. Xviewer icon
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    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.

    88 Xviewer alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  8. Viewnior icon
     34 likes

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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  9. sxiv icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10.  1 like

    Image viewer for Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  11. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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