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qimgv
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Simple UI
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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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Fast and lightweight
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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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GPLv3
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Linux, Windows
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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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Windows, Linux, Mac
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XnView
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Supports over 500 image formats
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No Dark mode
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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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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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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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GPicView
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Multiple windows
When opening multiple images at once it opens every single picture in a separate window.
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Functional
It has all the necessary functions that you can reasonably expect from a lightweight image viewer: you can view all the image files in a directory, rotate and save them.
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Customizable
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Extremely lightweight
And still you can browse all images in a directory.
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Phototonic
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No WebP image format support
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Clean and functional UI
Beside being pretty clean and easy-to-use, the UI is also pretty fast.
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Can be easily keyboard driven
Lots of pre-defined keyboard shortcuts.
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Highly customizable
Lots of options to personalize your experience. You can set Photonic to fit images by width and height, or width or height; rotate according to Exif orientation; show/hide image name in viewer; adjust space between thumbnails; adjust delay between slides.
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pqiv
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Browsing a directory after opening a single file needs user intervention
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Configuration via command line flags or configuration file
Configuration based on one file (~/.config/pqivrc). See manual page: " [options] fullscreen=1 sort=1 command-1=|convert - -blur 20 - ... [keybindings] q { goto_file_relative(-1); } w { goto_file_relative(1); } Similarly, you can also specify (multiple) actions to be executed each time pqiv is started in a section called [actions]. "
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Slow display
Going through a list of images is not as fast as e.g. with sxiv.
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Has a jump mode in thumbnail mode (montage mode) thats similar to vim-easymotion
See "montage_mode_follow(KEYS)" in the man page. By default g activates jump mode.
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No selection of (multiple) files
Thumbnail mode hasn't any means of marking files.
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Can pipe images through external filters
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Thumbnail creation extremely slow
Thumbnail mode is called "montage mode" (key m).
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VIM-like key sequences, action cycling and binding multiple actions to a single key
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Only background color of infobox can be configured
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Keys are easily configured to a user command.
Keys can even be configured on the command line.
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It doesn't have pong
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Powerful collection of so called actions
Actions can be used to configure the interaction with the program (e.g. moving, file selection, view manipulation, UI appearance, simple image manipulation). Actions can easily be used in the configuration.
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Rudimentary viewing manipulation
h/v: Flip the image horizontally or vertically. k/l: Rotate the image right or left. Plus/Minus: Zoom.
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Comes with transparency support
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Can watch files and directories for changes
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Quick jump dialog based on filename mask
j: Show a dialog with a list of all files for quick selection.
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Has infobox out of the box
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Eye of Gnome (eog)
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More lightweight than other kde or gnome dependent applications like gwenview, gthumb or kphotoalbum
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No APNG support
And it won't be it seems https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151281
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Double-click to view Fullscreen
By default, double-clicking on the current image opens it in Fullscreen mode. This can be turned off in Preferences if desired
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Still have gnome dependencies
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Image Slideshow
You can view a slideshow of all images in the current folder, and adjust the delay between images in the Preferences dialog
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ESC key exits Fullscreen and program
Pressing the ESC key exits Fullscreen mode, as well as exits the program ... hence press the ESC key twice and you're out
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Can set image as wallpaper
You can set the current image as your desktop wallpaper directly from within this program
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