Alternatives to PicView
Fast keyboard-driven image viewer for Windows and macOS. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
PicView
Fast keyboard-driven image viewer for Windows and macOS.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as PicView.
qView
A minimal image viewer that opens instantly and gets out of the way, with no interface beyond the picture.
qView adds Linux support and opens instantly with no interface, but it offers no editing and its format support depends on Qt.
FastStone Image Viewer
A fast Windows image browser, converter and editor covering every common format including HEIC, WebP and camera raw.
FastStone Image Viewer is Windows only and closed source, free for personal use, adding batch conversion, side-by-side comparison and basic editing.
PhotoQt
An image viewer with an uncluttered interface and more than 140 supported formats, plus photo spheres, live photos and map views.
PhotoQt is a Linux-first GPL-2.0 viewer with more than 140 formats, photo spheres, GPS maps and extensive metadata display.
gThumb
An open-source image viewer and browser for the GNOME desktop on Linux.
gThumb is an open-source GNOME image viewer and browser that works on local folders, but it runs only on Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Shotwell
A photo manager for the GNOME desktop that imports, organises and makes simple edits to photos.
Mylio Photos
A photo library app that organizes and syncs photos across your own devices without requiring cloud storage.
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe's photo organizer and RAW editor with a library synced across desktop, web and mobile.
Tonfotos
A desktop photo organizer for family archives with face recognition, duplicate finding and phone import.
