Preview Alternatives

Preview is described as 'Native macOS tool for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, offers cropping, resizing, markup tools, page rearrangement, and export to multiple formats' and is a very popular PDF Reader in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Preview for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Preview alternative is SumatraPDF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Preview are Okular, IrfanView, XnView MP and ImageGlass.

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  1. Xviewer icon

    Xviewer

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    Xviewer is a simple image viewer which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Xviewer is installed by default in Linux Mint.

    90 Xviewer alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
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    • European Union flagEU
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  2. Ashampoo PDF Pro icon

    Ashampoo PDF Pro

     3 likes

    Ashampoo PDF Pro 3 is a software solution for managing and editing PDF documents. It offers tools for creating, converting, editing, merging, and securing PDFs. The software allows users to create optimally sized documents for any device and offers encryption to protect...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
    Ashampoo PDF Pro screenshot 1
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  4. Pixyway icon

    Pixyway

     8 likes

    Pixyway is a fresh new picture viewer for Windows. It has been designed to be an 'everyday' picture viewer tool like Google Picasa viewer used to be! By the way, if you liked Picasa viewer, you will notice some references to it.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Edit your pictures
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    Ashampoo Photo Commander

    Ashampoo Photo Commander provides robust photo management, editing, and sharing, along with audio and video features. It includes automatic image optimization, batch processing, and tools for red-eye correction, noise reduction, ...

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  6. PreviewQt icon

    PreviewQt

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    Preview all kinds of files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Flatpak
    PreviewQt screenshot 1
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  7. OCRFeeder icon

    OCRFeeder

     8 likes

    OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
    OCRFeeder screenshot 1
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  9. Free PDF Editor icon

    Free PDF Editor

     2 likes

    A privacy-first, client-side PDF editor that runs in your browser. Edit, annotate, merge/split, compress to target sizes, OCR scanned PDFs, and convert files—no signup, no watermark.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    homepage
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  10. FeatherPDF Editor icon

    FeatherPDF Editor

     Like

    Discover Feather PDF, the ultimate PDF editor that prioritizes your privacy. Enjoy powerful editing features without data collection and gain lifetime access with a one-time payment.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Some Key Features
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  11. Kiview icon

    Kiview

     4 likes

    Kiview gives the user the ability to quickly preview different file types without the need to launch the default application.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
    Kiview screenshot 1
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  13. Lector - PDF Reader icon

    Lector - PDF Reader

     16 likes

    A simple PDF Reader built using Electron and PDF.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tabbed View
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  14. Minimal eReader icon

    Minimal eReader

     5 likes

    Blazing fast PDF and portable eReader built on muPDF. Including the ability to save "highlights" and notes like on Kindle.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Minimal eReader screenshot 1
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  15. Geeqie Image Viewer icon

    Geeqie Image Viewer

     50 likes

    Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems.

    114 Geeqie Image Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    • NetBSD
    • FreeBSD
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    • European Union flagEU
    Sidebar with histogram, exif and keywords
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