Swayimg

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

FreeOpen sourceLinux
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About Swayimg

Swayimg is a lightweight image viewer for Linux that runs on Wayland compositors and can also draw directly through DRM without a desktop. It is fully customizable and can be scripted in Lua, and it offers a gallery mode for browsing thumbnails and a slideshow mode.

Format support comes from the usual libraries and covers JPEG, JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, PNG, GIF, SVG, WebP, HEIF/HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, Sixel and RAW files. It suits people on Sway and similar tiling setups who want a keyboard-driven viewer.

Strengths

  • Wide format support including JPEG XL, HEIC, AVIF and RAW
  • Lua scripting for customization
  • Gallery and slideshow modes
  • Can run on DRM without a compositor

Limitations

  • Linux only and aimed at Wayland
  • Configuration takes more effort than a typical desktop viewer

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
Artem Senichev
Platforms
Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Sway and other Wayland tiling desktop users who want a light, scriptable image viewer
Categories
Photo tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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