IrfanView Alternatives for Linux

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

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IrfanView alternatives are mainly Image Viewers, but if you're looking for Image Editors or Photo Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Mac, Linux + Open Source, Open Source, iPad and Image Editors. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to IrfanView.
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  1. XnView MP icon

    XnView MP

     392 likes

    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    144 XnView MP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about XnView MP as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Top Positive Comment
    henriquedominguesgarcia
    11

    XnView has dozens of tools and filters for fast image editing, as well as an integrated file manager with several functions to organize images. Besides everything runs on both Windows and Linux. It's a bit slow compared to Irfanview, but it's still one of the best programs of its kind.

    Top Negative Comment
    Korwin
    1

    After enabling the "Show files in subfolders" option, it crashes with tens of thousands of images. IrfanView in the same situation works flawlessly (apart from the fact that it does not save the generated thumbnails to the database for quick reuse).

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    one can't even delete images in fullscreen

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 6 comments
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    XnView MP icon

    • Most users think XnView MP is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • XnView MP is Free Personal and ProprietaryIrfanView is also Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. nomacs icon

    nomacs

     241 likes

    nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.

    96 nomacs alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    Comments about nomacs as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Top Positive Comment
    KennethWilhelmsson
    2

    nomacs is so far the best contender to irfanview. You can go through images and delete or keep. Scale and cut. Having some trouble with paste, but I hope that is a setting. Or an yet undiscovered feature.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    No bloated user interface.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Has possibilty to paste image from clipboard!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
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    nomacs icon

    • Most users think nomacs is a great IrfanView alternative.

    • nomacs is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • nomacs is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  4. qView icon

    qView

     80 likes

    Fast and lightweight Qt-based image viewer with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features include multiple format support, customizable interface, GIF playback, high-resolution display compatibility, and efficient navigation through keyboard shortcuts.

    110 qView alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Comments about qView as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    IrfanView is not a simple viewer. Take all of what qView does away from IrfanView and you still have a complete program. qView appears to be a good program just not an alternative to IrfanView.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -1

    Only processes single images, no way to look at folders or organize.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    qView icon

    • This alternative is disputed. qView is a legitimate IrfanView alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • qView is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • qView is Minimalistic and Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  5. Gwenview icon

    Gwenview

     90 likes

    Offers quick browsing and display of various image formats, basic editing tools like crop, rotate, lossless JPEG manipulation, folder browsing as thumbnails or slideshows, supports XCF, drag-and-drop, metadata viewing, KDE integration, and plugin extensions.

    93 Gwenview alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  6. qimgv icon

    qimgv

     41 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders. Can open some extra formats (JPEG-XL, AVIF, APNG, HEIF/HEIC, RAW) via third-party image plugins.

    113 qimgv alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. gThumb icon

    gThumb

     104 likes

    gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop. It also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras.

    122 gThumb alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Comments about gThumb as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    It lacks the simplicity and the 'just-works' feel of Irfan. gThumb keeps resizing images, doesn't respond logically to a scroll wheel and has an overal annoying interface.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    gThumb does not have some of the more important and convenient features found in IrfanView.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    gThumb icon

    • Some users think gThumb is a great IrfanView alternative, some don't.

    • gThumb is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • gThumb is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  9. Pix icon

    Pix

     11 likes

    An image viewer and browser utility - primarily for Linux Mint. Pix is part of the X-Apps project, which aims at producing cross-distribution and cross-desktop software.

    72 Pix alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. QuickViewer icon

    QuickViewer

     20 likes

    QuickViewer is a graphic image viewer for comfortable browsing of many images. This software performs reading of image data in advance. And drawing the imported image data on the screen with OpenGL. You can browse images with much smoother response than ever before.

    111 QuickViewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. PhotoQt icon

    PhotoQt

     32 likes

    PhotoQt is a fast and simple, good looking, yet powerful and highly configurable image viewer.

    57 PhotoQt alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  12. Eye of GNOME icon

    Eye of GNOME

     48 likes

    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.

    91 Eye of GNOME alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Comments about Eye of GNOME as an Alternative to IrfanView
    Guest
    Negative
    2

    It is very bad and it is only for GNOME

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Eye of GNOME icon
    • Eye of GNOME is Free and Open SourceIrfanView is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Eye of GNOME is Privacy focusedIrfanView is not according to our users
  13. Oculante icon

    Oculante

     4 likes

    A no-nonsense hardware-accelerated image viewer. Oculante's vision is to be a fast, unobtrusive, portable image viewer with wide image format support, offering image analysis and basic editing tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • FreeBSD
    • BSD
    • NetBSD
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  14. Tonfotos icon

    Tonfotos

     99 likes

    Tonfotos simplifies browsing of large photo collection by grouping shots by events, dates, people, locations and so on. Quickly find what you need regardless where files are stored - on your computer, external drives or NAS.

    27 Tonfotos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Tonfotos as an Alternative to IrfanView
    tomater
    Positive
    0

    Has very useful features such as import images from smartphone and duplicates detection.

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    • Tonfotos is Free Personal and ProprietaryIrfanView is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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