Alternatives to Loupe

GNOME's default image viewer, with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Loupe.

  • Eye of GNOME

    The classic GNOME image viewer, with a straightforward interface and support for plugins.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Eye of GNOME is the classic GNOME viewer that Loupe replaced as default, adding plugin support but with little editing.

  • gThumb

    An open-source image viewer and browser for the GNOME desktop on Linux.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    gThumb is another open-source GNOME image viewer and browser for Linux, oriented more toward viewing and sorting photos in local folders.

  • Gwenview

    KDE's image viewer for browsing collections of images, with simple editing and annotation tools.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Gwenview is KDE's viewer with crop, resize, red-eye reduction and annotation tools, offering more editing than Loupe but integrating best with KDE Plasma.

  • Xviewer

    Linux Mint's simple image viewer, built on gdk-pixbuf and designed to work across desktops.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Xviewer is Linux Mint's plain open-source viewer that handles large images with constant memory use and suits traditional desktops, with no real editing.

  • Ristretto

    A simple, fast image viewer developed as part of the Xfce desktop environment for Linux.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Ristretto is a lightweight open-source viewer from Xfce, quick to open images but with no editing or library features.

  • Geeqie

    Browse and organize images with a Unix desktop viewer.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Geeqie is an open-source Linux and Unix viewer for browsing and organising image collections without a database import, with an older desktop-style interface.

  • nomacs

    A fast image viewer that opens RAW and PSD files and can show the same picture in two synchronised windows.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    nomacs adds Windows and macOS builds, RAW and PSD support, batch processing and synchronised windows, though its interface exposes many panels at once.

  • LXImage-Qt

    A lightweight image viewer and screenshot tool from the LXQt desktop project.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    LXImage-Qt is a lightweight Linux viewer from LXQt with an Exif panel, annotations, screenshots and multipage TIFF support.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Loupe as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • feh

    Lightweight, keyboard-driven image viewer for X11 that also sets wallpapers and lists image files.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Loupe is GNOME's default viewer with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits, trading keyboard-driven minimalism for a modern desktop interface.

  • Koko

    A KDE image gallery app for browsing photo albums on Linux desktops and mobile devices.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Loupe is GNOME's default image viewer with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits, offering a single-image view rather than album browsing.

  • Oculante

    A fast, simple cross-platform image viewer with basic editing tools and wide format support.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Loupe is GNOME's default Linux viewer with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip, receiving regular releases but running only on Linux.

  • Swayimg

    A customizable image viewer for Wayland compositors and DRM with Lua scripting, gallery and slideshow modes.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Loupe is GNOME's default viewer with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits, trading Lua scripting for a simpler desktop interface.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.