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nomacs
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Highly customizable
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No support for JPEG-XL
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Detailed view of image metadata
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Only partial support for HEIC
Apple's HEIC format is only partially supported. Nomacs can open individual images, but can't navigate among them.
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Lots of image adjustment tools
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Heavy compared to other Linux image viewers
Uses more memory and CPU than other lightweight image viewers. High CPU usage when starting.
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Simple and pleasant look
No cramped toolbars or large icons; the UI is cohesive, minimal and keeps out of your way.
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Returns to default settings after update
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Lightweight
Starts very quickly and has a small memory footprint.
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Recent version has slowed down
The latest version (3.8) suddenly became very slow in Fedora 26. Slow to step from image to image; slow to open a directory; slow slow slow. Downgrading to the previous version (3.6) restored speed.
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You can work with hot keys that can be reassigned as you want them
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Frameless view
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Allows to cut (frame) images
It is important if you have to work with photos of documents and want to cut off the background on which you made photos.
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Flexible thumbnail views
Can display thumbnails in a strip or a zoomable grid as well, also has hotkey for both of these. Opening a folder is one of the main actions on the toolbar!
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Cross-platform
Has builds for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Remembers last used folders
Often used folders (e.g., screenshots) can be quickly accessed.
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Batch image processing
Has tools for applying conversions etc. to many files at once.
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Can print to printer
Unlike most other image viewers.
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Supports new image formats out of the box
Such as WebP, AVIF, etc.
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Comparing two images
This feature is called Synchronization. With the synchronization it is possible that multiple viewers perform the same action (like panning, zooming, etc.). This feature is useful when comparing two images. See more here.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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qimgv
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Simple UI
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No support for JPEG-XL
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Fast and lightweight
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Can't show CMYK colours
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Can support video playback
Experimental feature via libmpv.
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Customizable shortcuts
Can use a variety of short-cuts which can be customized.
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Beautiful
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Open-Source/Libre
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Supports Linux and Windows
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Ability to run shell scripts
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Plugin support
Can extend/add features by downloading or writing your own plugins.
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License:
GPLv3
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Linux, Windows
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FastStone Image Viewer
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Really fast
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Free version is not valid for business usage
Only good for private use, small business licensing is very expensive.
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Great for comparing and sorting multiple images
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Broken SVG Support
SVG images do not show at all.
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Lots of features for simple editing
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Sometimes really sluggish
Showing the wait cursor for multiple seconds like executing large operations in the GUI thread.
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Free
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Can't view photos that have a filename over 30 characters
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Best keyboard controls
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Editing photo levels
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Built-in folder browser
Can browse folders, images and videos, all with thumbnails.
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Has dark mode
As well as Gray mode. Good for your eyes.
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Irfanview
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Some editing tools included (cropping, color correcting, etc...)
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GIF viewing is buggy
GIF viewing has longstanding problems like flickering, incorrect framerate or artifacts, and it is very unlikely that it will be ever fixed.
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Lots of plugins available
Plugins can be found here.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes on accessing AVI files
For some reason, the Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer crashes when it tries to access any .AVI movie file.
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Batch processing
Even exif information can be batch processed.
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No transparency support
The alpha is converted to the selected background color upon opening a picture. When saving the picture again, you can select a color which is converted to alpha again.
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Recognizes virtually any image format
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Missing some utilities
Like browsing files utility.
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You can just scroll with your mouse to explore images
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Preferences are hard to find
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Ultra fast
If you press and hold the right-arrow button (for displaying the next image), you can watch images pass by as if they are a video, it's that fast. No stuttering, it loads images as fast as your hard drive can keep up.
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Windows only
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Lightweight
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UI is far from ideal
Sometimes the interface is confusing.
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Can use 8bf (Photoshop) filters
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Easy updates
Very easy to update the program and its associated plugins.
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Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a convenient way to view all image files easily
Irfanview Thumbnail Viewer is a great way to view thumbnails of all image files, including thumbnails of WMF files which Windows cannot natively display.
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ACDSee
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Dark style theme
ACDSee has a nice dark style theme.
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No face recognition
ACDSee doesn't allow you to set face recognition to files. It also doesn't read already recognized faces. Metadata for faces aren't shown.
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Very fast image reader
ACDSee reads the images (jpgs) extremely fast. It displays them very fast, too.
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XnView
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Supports over 500 image formats
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Very poor quality and very invazive on windows 10
Convert all images to 8bit rgb [not suport 16bit or 32bit, cmyk, Lab, multichannel] so you never be able to see real original image, you only see the result of conversion...on windows 10 it enforced self promotion to default app for every type/format of image...
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Includes simple editing tools 
Typical image editing tools are included. For instance, there are tools for color and size manipulation, several filters and effects.
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No Dark mode
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Available for macOS, Linux and Windows
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No custom installation - if you need i.e. a language package, you need to install the full version
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Easy redate and view configuration
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Free only for private use
For use in a company 1 license starts at 26 EUR.
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Compare images side-by-side
To delete blurry phone pics, etc.
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Doesn't show movies on phone in correct position
Some of mp4 files shows in upside down position.
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Multi-lingual 
XnView speaks over 30 languages.
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Doesn't pan/zoom fluidly with touchscreen
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Portable version for Windows available
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Windows Photo Viewer
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Fast
It load instantly
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Doesn't support GIF
GIF image won't load.
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Preinstalled for win 7/8
If you are win 7/8 user, then it already preinstalled
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Not Cross Platform
Exclusive for Windows 7/8 user.
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Discontinued
Windows Photo Viewer is deprecated in Windows 10 in favor of Microsoft Photos . It's inherited from Windows 7 or 8 if you upgraded the system to Windows 10. It's not in it if you installed Windows 10 from scratch.
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Microsoft Photos
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Bloated as Windows 10
Windows Photo Viewer takes almost 30 seconds to open in a high end computer. That's embarrassing.
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Pre-installed on Windows 10
For Windows 10 users, it comes preinstalled.
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Runs very slow
And sometimes cause a timeout.
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Integration with Microsoft services = No privacy
For example, it uses AI-powered facial recognition features and integrations with Cortana.
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Auto improves RAW files that can't be turned off
And it is TERRIBLE!!!!
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It lacks of tools for designers
The other image viewers have much more tools than this app...
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Not cross platform
Exclusive for Windows 10.
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Written in C# and XAML
Windows 10 UWP software tend to perform worse than software written in C++.
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