Alternatives to PhotoQt

An image viewer with an uncluttered interface and more than 140 supported formats, plus photo spheres, live photos and map views. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • PhotoQt

    An image viewer with an uncluttered interface and more than 140 supported formats, plus photo spheres, live photos and map views.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PhotoQt.

  • qView

    A minimal image viewer that opens instantly and gets out of the way, with no interface beyond the picture.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    qView is a more minimal GPL-3.0 viewer for Windows, macOS and Linux with no interface chrome, but it has minimal metadata display and no map views.

  • PicView

    Fast keyboard-driven image viewer for Windows and macOS.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOS

    PicView is a GPL-3.0 keyboard-driven viewer for Windows and macOS with light editing, but it has no Linux build.

  • FastStone Image Viewer

    A fast Windows image browser, converter and editor covering every common format including HEIC, WebP and camera raw.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    FastStone Image Viewer is Windows only and closed source, free for personal use, and adds basic editing and batch conversion.

  • gThumb

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    gThumb is a GPL-licensed GNOME image viewer and browser for Linux that works on local folders, with less emphasis on unusual formats and maps.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.