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When comparing qimgv vs feh, the Slant community recommends qimgv for most people. In the question“What are the best FOSS image viewers for UNIX-like systems?” qimgv is ranked 1st while feh is ranked 3rd.
Specs
LicenseGPLv3
OSLinux, Windows
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Pros
Pro Simple UI
Pro Fast and lightweight
Pro Can support video playback
Experimental feature via libmpv.
Pro Customizable shortcuts
Can use a variety of short-cuts which can be customized.
Pro Beautiful
Pro Open-Source/Libre
Pro Supports Linux and Windows
Pro Ability to run shell scripts
Pro Plugin support
Can extend/add features by downloading or writing your own plugins.
Pro Loads up images extremely fast
Pro Minimalistic
Goes well with tiling window managers.
Cons
Con No support for JPEG-XL
Con Can't show CMYK colours
Con Junky rescaling by default in WMs
Fixable by running these commands:
echo "alias feh='feh --scale-down --image-bg black & disown" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bash_profile
But after entering those two commands for all users, feh works flawlessly, and is extremely responsive. Would definitely recommend.