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PicView vs PhotoQt: catalog facts
PicView	PhotoQt
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source. The developer asks that you consider donating to humanitarian relief…
Windows, macOS	Linux
It opens almost every image format including animated WebP and GIF, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, PSD and comic book…	More than 140 image formats, plus photo spheres, motion photos and Apple live photos Embedded and interactive maps for images with GPS data
It is a viewer with light editing only, and there is no Linux build.	Image manipulation is per-session only; it is a viewer, not an editor Some features need extension packages that not every installer includes
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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