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When comparing qimgv vs Gwenview, 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 Gwenview is ranked 11th.
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 Easy to navigate folders
Pro Quickly view image metadata
Pro Easily resize, crop, flip and rotate
Pro Keyboard shortcuts can be redefined
Pro Images can be sorted by name, date and size
Cons
Con No support for JPEG-XL
Con Can't show CMYK colours
Con Has a bug that causes certain png files to show brighter than normal
The image, if is a png that contains gamma information, will appear washed out. There is still an open ticket concerning this issue.
Con Very slow on remote folders
Compared to others, like XNview, is VERY slow when retrieving images from shared folders (NFS or Samba).
Con Not lightweight
Needs a lot of KDE packages.