feh
Lightweight, keyboard-driven image viewer for X11 that also sets wallpapers and lists image files.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install feh
About feh
feh is a small, configurable image viewer aimed at command-line users, though it can also be opened from a graphical file manager. It has slideshow, thumbnail, list and multiwindow modes, and can show images from a file list or fetch them over HTTP or FTP.
It is also commonly used to set X11 desktop backgrounds. Almost every action has a configurable keyboard shortcut, and custom actions can run shell commands, for example to sort images into folders. It is packaged for Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
Strengths
- Fast and light, usable entirely from the keyboard
- Slideshow, thumbnail, list and multiwindow modes
- Doubles as an X11 wallpaper setter
- Custom shell actions for sorting images
Limitations
- X11 only
- Minimal interface with no editing tools
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under a variant of the MIT licence.
- License
- MIT-feh
- Developer
- Birte Kristina Friesel
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users with tiling window managers who want a quick keyboard-driven viewer
- Categories
- Photo tools, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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