Alternatives to LXImage-Qt

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

  • Ristretto

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Ristretto is Xfce's lightweight GPL viewer that opens images quickly, but it offers viewing only without annotations, screenshots or the Exif panel.

  • Gwenview

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Gwenview is KDE's viewer with folder browsing, basic crop, resize and red-eye edits and annotation tools, integrating best with the Plasma desktop rather than LXQt.

  • 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 under GPL-2.0 or later, with plugin support for extra features but little editing and no screenshot tool.

  • Loupe

    GNOME's default image viewer, with metadata display and quick crop, rotate and flip edits.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Loupe is GNOME's modern default viewer showing image metadata alongside the picture, with quick crop, rotate and flip edits, released alongside GNOME.

  • Xviewer

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Xviewer is Linux Mint's GPL-2.0 viewer built on gdk-pixbuf, handling large images with constant memory use but offering no real editing features.

  • nomacs

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    nomacs is an open-source viewer running on Windows, macOS and Linux that opens RAW and PSD files, with a metadata panel and basic batch processing.

  • qimgv

    A fast, configurable image viewer with basic cropping and resizing and optional video playback.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    qimgv is a GPL-3.0 viewer for Windows and Linux with configurable shortcuts, quick copy and move sorting, basic crop and resize, and optional mpv video playback.

  • Geeqie

    Browse and organize images with a Unix desktop viewer.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Geeqie is a GPL-2.0 Unix viewer geared to browsing and organizing image collections without importing them into a database.

Also worth comparing

These listings name LXImage-Qt as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Xfce Screenshooter

    The Xfce desktop's screenshot tool for capturing the screen, a window or a region.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    LXImage-Qt is the LXQt project's image viewer with built-in screenshots and annotation, suited to LXQt rather than Xfce.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.