Comparison of image viewers

This article presents a comparison of image viewers and image organizers which can be used for image viewing.

General information

Name	View functions	Other functions 3	Price
ACDSee	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view Exif info, view inside ZIP archives, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure and colors etc., filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), red eye removal, batch rename, edit Exif info, ...	std: 49.99 USD pro: 99.99 USD
Adobe Bridge	Thumbnails, slideshow, filmstrip, preview, versions with alternates	Stand Alone: rotate, rename, delete, move, copy, batch rename, add/Edit Metadata, camera raw image adjustments (crop, resize, exposure, contrast, white balance, curves, etc...) Via Photoshop: contact sheet, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, Photomerge, Web picture gallery	Included with various Adobe products 1
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom	library organization, RAW and JPEG editing, slideshow tools, print layout and preferences, web gallery creation and uploading		149 USD
Aperture	Add view functions here	Add edit functions here	79 USD
blueMarine	Import, tag, organise. JPEG, TIFF, RAW formats.	None presently	Apache License 2.0
CDisplay	Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information...	Rotate, flip, save as, used for reading manga.	freeware
Comix	Fit to window, zoom, rotate, full-screen, image collection, image information...	manga mode, double page view	free (GNU GPL)
Diffractor	Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow, zoom. Views photos and plays video or audio files.	Search and edit photo or video metadata (XMP, EXIF and IPTC). Rotate, crop and adjust colours on photos only. Import and convert photos and videos.	free, commercial and regular users requested to sponsor project 9.99 USD
digiKam	Fit to window, zoom, pan, Light Table, Slideshow+Effects, OpenGL viewer	Rotate, crop, vertical/horizontal flip, lossless JPEG operations (90° steps), color management, 16bit color depth, Light Table, Exif, IPTC, XMP, GPS metadata, adjust colors/brightness/levels, elaborate Black and White conversion, automatic lens correction, anti-vignetting, sharpening tools, vibrance, many filters, Batch operations, export to archive, HTML, flickr, gallery2, picasaweb, smugmug, iPod, facebook, 23hq, flash.	free (GNU GPL)
Eye of GNOME	Fit to window, zoom, print, full-screen, slideshow, image collection, image information...	Rotate, delete, flip, save as	free (GNU GPL)
FastPictureViewer	Borderless full-screen kiosk mode, Fit-to-window, 1:1, 50%-6400% magnifier, Multicore-aware, DirectX hardware accelerated.	No image editing. File renaming. Single-click background copy/move to preset location, single-click rating/labeling (writes Adobe XMP sidecar files and/or embeds XMP metadata within JPEG/TIFF/HD Photo/JPEG XR), Windows Vista rating, Color management including custom target profile selection, Unicode support, Exif shooting data (shutter speed, f-stop, ISO speed, exposure compensation...) and real-time, seamless R,G,B histogram in translucent floating window. IPTC metadata editor in the registered version.	free limited version, 39.95 USD for Professional edition
FastStone Image Viewer	All major formats, thumbnail view (5 predefined sizes), full screen, magnifier, slideshow.	Many editing features: rotate, move, rename, 150+ transitional effects, crop, resize, clone, heal, convert format, color adjust, sharpen, drop shadow effects, scanner support, histogram, ...	Full program free for personal, educational, non-profit use. Commercial use: 34.95 USD for lifetime license.
Firehand Ember			60 USD
F-Spot	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails. Export: HTML, Flickr, Gallery Project, Picasa, Facebook (via extension) and O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l	Tags, rotate in single degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, crop, auto red-eye reduction	free (GNU GPL). Files stored at /user/Pictures/Photos/[year]/[month]/[day]
Fotoxx	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, multiple sizes of thumbnails.	Tags, rotate in 10, 1 and 0.1 degree increments, hue, contrast, white balance, colour, sharpen, soft focus, horizontal and vertical flip, crop, auto red-eye reduction, keystone correction, bend, and warp	free (GNU GPL).
Geeqie	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, 14 sizes of thumbnails	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, find/remove duplicates	free (GNU GPL)
GraphicConverter	Full-screen, slideshow, etc.	Rotate, move, rename...	35 USD
gThumb	Full-screen, slideshow, zoom, color spectrum, three sizes of thumbnails	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast,	free (GNU GPL)
Gwenview	fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, rotate, adjust gamma/contrast/brightness, disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, extended thumbnails, bookmarks...	add border, filter, effects, resize, rename, raw image converter, recompress, edit color...	free (GNU GPL)
ImageAXS	Unicode	Organizing photos, importing image files, tracking features, as well as tags and collections for further sorting.	cost-free (Freeware). Out of support
Imagine	Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Rotate, Thumbnails	Resize, Rename, Greyscale, Negative, Swap colors, Filters (blur, edge, emboss, gaussian, sharpen, soften, viewer plugin for Total Commander and Double Commander )	cost-free (Freeware without any limitation )
IMatch	Unicode	Maintains and external database for thumbnails and tags. Capable for very large collections.	59.95 USD
imgSeek	Search similar images, Fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, thumbnails, disk navigator tree, tag treeview. Export: HTML	Rotate, move, rename, hue, contrast, etc.	free (GNU GPL)
iPhoto	Thumbnails, fullscreen, slideshow, camera information, search, tags, organize by event or album, auto organize by date during first import	Lossless JPEG rotate, Cropping (custom and template), Brightness/Contrast, Red-eye, Retouch, Color Enhancement, B&W and Sepia Conversion, Export to multiple format & size	– 2
IrfanView	Thumbnails (18 pre-defined sizes from 50×50–800×800 pixels), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit (several options), view IPTC and Exif info, hex view, histogram (also RGB); Format detection with offer to rename, set wallpaper, EXE/SCR creation, Burn slideshow to CD; directory tree 32 languages (version 4.28/4.30)	Add Text, Crop, Cut/Copy selected area, Paste-Into selected area, paste from PrintScreen, Resize/Resample, Rotate, Flip Vert/Horiz, JPEG lossless transformations, Color Adjustments, change color depth, Greyscale, Red-Eye Reduction, Sharpen, effects/filters, Own and 8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, insert text, edit IPTC info, Move, Copy, Delete, Rename, Convert, batch conversion, batch renaming/resizing/cropping, panorama creation, send email via IrfanView Thumbnails/Plugins: contact sheet creation, thumbnail creation, web gallery creation, face detection	For personal, educational use (schools, universities and libraries) and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations: cost-free (freeware). At place of business or for commercial purposes: 12.00 USD or 10 EUR.
Konvertor	Thumbnails (pre-defined and user defined), 3600+ formats read.	Rotate, move, rename, 270 special effects... 6 languages (version 4.09)	30 Euros
KSquirrel	disk navigator, file tree, thumbnails, bookmarks, fullscreen, KIPI plugins ...	resize, rotate, colorize, convert, print ...	free (GNU GPL)
KPhotoAlbum	Zoom, Rotate, Metadata, Exif, thumbnails (customize size), slideshow, Categories	As Available per KIPI plugins	free (GNU GPL)
Lphoto	Zoom, Slideshow, camera information,	Crop, redeye, color tweaking, auto attach and resize for email, export to HTML, export to CD	free (GNU GPL)
Phase One Media Pro	Thumbnails, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Light Table, Library organization, best practice DAM	Rotate, rename, delete, batch rename, Add/Edit Metadata (IPTC, EXIF, Custom), Free Reader App to distribute catalogs	EUR 139,00
Paint.NET	Thumbnail, Zoom, Rotation, Multiple Page support, Pan, Fit to screen	Resize, Crop, Copy, Paste, Black and white/sepia, various blurs, add and reduce noise, Plugin Support	Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC)
Picasa	Zoom, lossless rotate, histogram, camera information, Thumbnails (fully adjustable), Slide Show (Full Screen w/zoom), Magnifier, Search, Search for faces	Crop, straighten, redeye, color tweaking, retouch, tuning, add text, numerous effects, batch edit, batch rename, video rendering, HTML gallery creation, photo browser application creator, screensaver, face recognition, keyword tagging, geo-tagging, photo collage, original file preservation, reorganize storage	cost-free
Preview	Zoom, rotate, metadata	Crop, straighten, color tweaking, profile assignment	cost-free
Roboreader	Zoom, rotate		cost-free
Shotwell	Thumbnails, Fullscreen, Slideshow, Zoom, Print, Camera Information, Events	Auto Enhance, Rotate, Mirror, Flip, Red Eye, Crop, Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Temperature, Shadows, Revert to Original, Rename, Change Time/Date, Publish to Facebook, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr	Free GNU Lesser General Public License
ShowImg	fullscreen, slideshow, filters, search for similar images	Batch rename, convert filetype	free (GNU GPL)
Simple Comic	slideshow, double image layout, left-to-right & right-to-left ordering, thumbnail navigation, zoom, print	Quick Look for comic book archives, Finder icons, text notes, delete files, extract files	Free (MIT License)
SIV	zoom, pan, slideshow, brightnes/contrast/gamma adjustments, filters, displays MPO and JPS stereo images	stereoscopic image viewer, VR920 headtracking, quad buffered stereo	Free (Creative Commons Non commercial CC-BY-NC)
SView5	fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, scan, print, etc. - in 8-64 bit with and without alpha channel	rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting, etc.	free for non-commercial
STDU Viewer	fullscreen, fit to window, zoom, print	rotate, brightness, contrast, gamma setting	free for non-commercial
Windows Live Photo Gallery	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print	Panorama stitching, adjust brightness, contrast, color saturation/hue, filters, stitching, rotate, straightening and skew, face recognition.	cost-free
Windows Photo Gallery	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print		– (included with Windows Vista)
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	fullscreen, slideshow, fit, zoom, print	rotate, lossy JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images	– (included with Windows XP)
XnView	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, slideshow, zoom, fit, view IPTC and Exif info, ...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/flip/crop, adjust exposure and colors etc., filters (sharpen, blur, average, emboss, ...), batch convert, batch rename, edit IPTC info, ...	freeware for private non-commercial or educational use, including non-profit organization (i.e. schools, universities, public authorities, police, fire brigade, and hospitals); otherwise 26 EUR.
Xv	View as ASCII or Hex, magnify, determine pixel values	Crop, pad, resize, rotate, flip, brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, hue, colormap, reduce colors, dither, convert, and more	35 USD
Zoner Photo Studio	Thumbnails (user-defined sizes), fullscreen, histogram, slideshow with transitional effects, auto rotation, JPEG lossless rotate, pan, zoom, fit, ITPC and Exif info, GPS support, full Unicode support, free version does not support color profiles...	Resize, crop, rotate, flip, JPEG lossless rotate/mirror, adjust exposure, colors, contrast, saturation, hue, white balance, levels, curves, gamma correction, filters (sharpen, blur, soften, edge, emboss, average, grayscale, ...), .8bf (Photoshop) plugins compatibility, color management, batch operations, image conversions with reduced/dithered colors, batch rename, red eye removal, edit ITPC, XMP and Exif info, time creation offset, merge to HDR, PDF presentation, panorama creation, lens correction, anti-vignetting, web picture gallery, DNG/RAW image converter, TWAIN scanners support, send pictures via e-mail, 3D pictures, dynamic calendar generation, support for WIC codecs (RAW processing)...	Free for 30 days Home: 49.99 USD Pro: 99.99 USD
Name	View functions	Other functions	Price

Note 1: Adobe Bridge comes included in the price with the Adobe Creative Suite CS2, Adobe Production Studio and Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac OS X. Adobe Bridge cannot be purchased separately, but Photoshop Elements is available from Adobe Systems for 70 USD, and Photoshop is available for 400 USD.

Note 2: The latest version of iPhoto comes included with every new Mac PC. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife suite which is available from Apple for 10.49 GBP.

Note 3: See also Comparison of raster graphics editors.

Supported file formats

Program	Comic book	PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	Other Graphics file formats
ACDSee			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	EMF, PCX, PIC, PICT, PSD, PSP, SGI, TGA, WMF, XBM, various camera formats among others
Adobe Bridge									Displays all file types supported by Adobe Creative Suite
Aperture		PDF		JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	PSD RAW Formats: ARW, CR2, CRW, MOS, NEF, RAF, RAW, SRW, OLY, FFF, 3FR, DNG. Various video formats including: AVI, MOV, MPEG
CDisplay	CBZ, CBR, CBT, CBA		BMP	JPEG	PNG		GIF
CDisplayEx	CBZ, CBR, CBT, CB7	PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		RAR, ZIP, TAR, LZH, ARJ, CAB, GZ, BZ2, 7Z, DJVU, WEBP
Comix	CBZ, CBR, CBT			JPEG	PNG				...
Diffractor			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		Most raw file formats including DNG, CR2 and NEF. Video AVI, MP4, MKV and audio MP3.
digiKam			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		JPEG 2000, PCX, WMF, PNM, PPM, XCF, XPM, PGX, all RAW formats, DNG, MPEG, MPO, MPE, AVI, MOV, ASF
Eye of GNOME			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		PNM, RAS, ICO, XPM, SVG
FastPictureViewer			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF		PSD	HD Photo, HDP, WDP, JPEG XR (+ RLE, DIB, ICO, MTIFF, DNG, NRW, NEF, CR2, ORF, PEF, ARW, RW2, SR2, SRF, RWZ in the registered edition, as well as DjVu, TGA, PSD, HDR, DDS, EXR, J2K, TGA, PNM, PBM, PGM, PBM, LRPREV, JPS through additional WIC codecs from the optional FastPictureViewer Codec Pack or from 3rd parties)
FastStone Image Viewer			BMP/BMP	JPEG/JPEG	PNG/PNG	TIFF/TIFF	GIF/GIF		loading of: JPEG 2000, PCX, WMF, ICO, CUR, TGA, CRW, saving to: JPEG 2000, PCX, TGA
Firehand Ember			BMP	JPEG	PNG
F-Spot				JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		CR2, CRW, DNG, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG
Fotoxx			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		CR2, CRW, DNG, ICO, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PPM, RAF, RAW, SRF, SVG
Geeqie			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		3FR, ANI, APM, ARW, CR2, CRW, CUR, DCR, DNG, ERF, ICNS, ICO, JP2/JPC/JPX/J2K/JPF, JPS, K25, KDC, MEF, MPO, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PCX, PEF, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM, PTX, QIF/QTIF (QuickTime Image Format), R3D, RAF, RAS (Sun raster), RAW, SR2, SRF, SVG/SVGZ, TGA/TARGA, WBMP, WMF, X3F, XBM, XPM
GraphicConverter		PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	190 types read, 79 types saved
gThumb									See note
Gwenview			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	MNG, SVG, MNG, XCF etc.
ImageAXS			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		Read/Write: DIB, ICO, TGA, PCX, DiCOM.
Imagine	CBZ, CBR (with RAR plugin)		BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	ANI, ANM (Deluxe Paint Animation), CorelDRAW drawing (CDR,CDT,PAT,CMX), CUR, DCX, DDS, EMF, ICL, ICO, MacPaint, MNG, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, CEL, PPM, PSD, PSP (Paint Shop Pro image), RAS, RLA, RLE, SGI (RGB,BW), SPR (Pro Motion Animation), TGA, WBMP, WMF, XBM, XCF, XPM
IMatch									over 50 types including RAW, also Unicode
imgSeek									12 types
iPhoto				JPEG	PNG		GIF	PSD	RAW (All QuickTime supported images), PSD (Leopard), AVI (Leopard), MOV (Leopard)
IrfanView		PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	~70 types including : AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, B3D, DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, DDS, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS/PS, FITS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, HDR, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPEG 2000, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG, MrSID, NLM/NOL/NGG, OGG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PIC, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RAW, Real Audio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, XBM, XPM, CRW/CR2, DNG, NEF, ORF, RAF, MRW, DCR, SRF, CAD formats. Partial support: MOV, QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC, SVG.
Konvertor	CBZ, CBR	PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		3100+ types read, 250 types saved (3D, Images, Audio, Video, Text)
KSquirrel									51 types
KPhotoAlbum									Photo formats supported by KDE; AVI, MPEG, RAW
Lphoto									iPhoto Clone
Phase One Media Pro		PDF		JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	Supports over 100 file formats for images, videos and documents, including: PSD, IIQ, CR, CRW, MOS, NEF, RAF, RAW, SRW, DNG, EIP, DOC
Picasa			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		8 types including TGA, RAW, and some movie formats
Preview		PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		All QuickTime images:
ResourceSpace									Hundreds; all types supported by ImageMagick and FFmpeg plus InDesign
ShowImg				JPEG	PNG		GIF	PSD	XCF etc.
Shotwell				JPEG	PNG	TIFF			RAW and some video formats
Simple Comic	CBZ, CBR, CB7			JPEG	PNG		GIF		JPEG2000, any other Core Image supported format. Also opens 7-Zip, LHA, RAR, ZIP
SView5		PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF (multipage)	GIF	PSD	Reads more than 140 file formats and writes more than 60.
STDU Viewer		PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF (multipage)	GIF	PSD	TXT, EMF, WMF, DjVu, XPS
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF		WMF, EMF, ICO
XnView			BMP	JPEG (IPTC&Exif)	PNG	TIFF (multipage)	GIF	PSD	reads about 400 formats, including: FAX, NEF, CRW, RWZ, Paint Shop Pro Photo PSPIMAGE, EPS, WMF, DICOM; writes about 50 formats
Xv			BMP	JPEG	PNG (with patch)	TIFF	GIF		PBM, PGM, PPM, XPM, Sun Rasterfile, Targa, RGB, PCX, FITS, PM, PostScript
Zoner Photo Studio			BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF/aGIF		HDP/WDP, PSD, PSB, PSP/PSPIMAGE, DIB/RLE, J2K/JPC/JP2, PAM, PBM, PGM, PNM, PCD, PCX, WBMP/WBM, TGA, ICO, MAC, WPG, BMI, MDM, THN, ARW/SR2, CRW/CR2, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, RAF, RAW, X3F, 3FR, RW2, PEF, SRF, DCM, RWZ, stereo pictures: JPS, PNS, BMS.
Program	Comic book	PDF	BMP	JPEG	PNG	TIFF	GIF	PSD	Other Graphics file formats

Supported desktop environments

Name	Windows	Mac OS	X Window System	AmigaOS	MorphOS	IBM z/OS	OS/2
ACDSee	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adobe Bridge	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Aperture	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
CDisplay	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
CDisplayEx	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Comix	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Diffractor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
digiKam	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Eye of GNOME	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
FastPictureViewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
FastStone Image Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Firehand Ember	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
F-Spot	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Fotoxx	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Geeqie	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
GraphicConverter	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
gThumb	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gwenview	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ImageAXS	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Imagine	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
IMatch	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
imgSeek	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
iPhoto	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
IrfanView	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Konvertor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
KSquirrel	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
KPhotoAlbum	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Lphoto	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Phase One Media Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Paint.NET	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Picasa	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Preview	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Shotwell	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ShowImg	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Simple Comic	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SView5	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
STDU Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Live Photo Gallery	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Photo Gallery	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
XnView	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No	No	No
Xv	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No

• SView5 may also run on Linux/x86 and MacOS/x86 using Mono

Features

Program	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support
ACDSee	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes previous, next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	directory-tree, albums, calendar, favourites, search results	Yes	Yes user-defined, name, date, size, type, ...	Yes	Yes individual, linear, block	Yes Exif, IPTC	Yes many	Yes	Yes	GPS Location, Scripts for batch/pre processing, automatic slideshow	Yes rotation only	Yes
Aperture
CDisplay	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage		Yes Fixed, with scroll		Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes Rotate, Filter	Yes configurable	Yes	Slider, automatic slideshow, mouse control	No	No
Comix	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit over/under width/height, fullscreen, doublepage		Yes Fixed, with scroll		Thumbnails(of current folder images or archive)	No	No	No	No		Yes Rotate, Filter			Slider, automatic slideshow, mouse control
Diffractor	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, 1:1	No	Yes	Yes	Yes thumbnail results for folders or metadata searches	No	Yes name, size, date, location, rating	Yes most metadata	Yes individual, linear	Yes Exif, IPTC, XMP and ID3	crop, rotate and color adjust	Yes	No	batch conversion and processing, social media upload, Geotagging	Yes	Yes
digiKam	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, in/out	Yes previous, next	Yes adjustable size	Yes	Yes album-tree, tags, calendar, searches, map (geolocation)	Yes	Yes tags, date, keywords, metadata	Yes file name, comments, most Exif and meta data	Yes linear, block, complex	Yes Exif and IPTC	Yes many editing function	Yes	Yes	Geotagging, batch processing, detect duplicate/similar images, export to Internet/social media/HTML	Yes in 90° steps	Yes
Eye of gnome	Yes	Yes	Yes +/-, 1:1, best fit		image collection pane, only one row		Thumbnails(of current folder images)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes Rotate	Yes unconfigurable			Yes
F-Spot	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		list, file-tree		Yes keywords			Yes				Export to HTML, Flickr, or O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l.
Fotoxx	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		list, file-tree		Yes keywords			Yes				Export to HTML, Flickr, or O.r.i.g.i.n.a.l.
FastPictureViewer	Yes	Yes Auto-advance mode	Yes 1:1, fit, 50%-6400% magnifier, click-and-hold zooming	Yes dynamic, adaptive	Yes 96x96px, shown on navigation slider (Vista or later)	Yes (uses OS-managed cache on Windows Vista or later)	Yes Windowed or full-screen, back and forth navigation, bookmarks, navigation slider	No	Yes Filenames, file creation/modification date, Exif date taken, GPS timestamp	No	Yes Copy, move, delete, rate, label	Yes Write XMP Rating/Label, IPTC metadata, Vista Rating, embedded or in sidecar files, shows shooting info (Exif) and realtime RGB histogram	No	Yes	Yes (supports custom monitor profile, direct conversion from image colorspace to monitor colorspace, ICC v4)	Native 32 and 64-bit, Tethered shooting (MTP/PTP over USB), Multicore-aware, DirectX accelerated, HD Photo / JPEG XR support.	n/a	Yes, native
FastStone Image Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	No	Yes 5 predefined sizes	Yes database	dir-tree	Yes	Yes user-defined, name, date, file size, image size, type		Yes individual, linear	Partial JPEG comment	Yes many				Yes lossless transitions	No
Geeqie	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, 1:1, in/out	Yes previous, next	Yes 24x24 - 256x256	Yes as png-files centrally or in sub-dir	list, dir-tree, collection	Yes	Yes collections, keywords, directory	Yes collections, keywords, filename, location, size, date, dimensions, comments, previous results	Yes block, linear, complex	Yes	Yes rotate, brightness, contrast	Yes		find duplicates, sort manager, recent collections
gThumb	Yes	Yes random, forward, reverse	Yes fit, 1:1, remember, fit-if-larger, in/out		Yes 48x48 - 256x256, 9 sizes	Partial Newer versions cache in a central directory	list, icon, subfolders, categories	Yes	Yes catalogs, categories	Yes name, comment, date, category, folder, recursive-folder	Yes linear, block, complex	Partial	Yes manipulate color, flip/rotate, etc.	Yes		bookmarks, comments, rename series, create index image, create HTML album
ImageAXS	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	tags, comments, rename series, create HTML album	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IrfanView	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	No	Yes 18 predefined sizes: 50×50–800×800	No	dir-tree, search results	Yes	Yes name, date, file size, image width/height, type, user-defined	Yes name, date, metadata	Yes individual, linear	Yes JPEG comment, IPTC, Exif	Yes many	Yes	Yes Custom monitor profile supported	Batch Conversion, Supports Adobe Photoshop Filter 8BF plugins, Screen Capture	Yes crop plugin and rotate plugin available	Yes (with plugin)
Konvertor	Yes	Yes	Yes Fit to viewing area/height/width	Yes	Yes Yes, user-defined	Yes Database	Yes Date, filetypes, sizes, by search, by keywords and all metadata	Yes	Yes name, date, size, user-defined	Yes name, date, rating, file size, and many more.	Yes individual, linear	Yes EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC	Yes Rotate, Red eye removal, saturation, color balance, levels and more	Yes	Yes	Yes Find duplicates, hierarchical keywords, distributable catalog with free Media Pro reader, offline browsing of images		Yes
KPhotoAlbum	Yes	Yes	Yes fit, in/out, presets		Yes		views search results		by date	Yes keywords, comments, title, any field from Exif metadata	Yes linear, complex	Partial	Yes per KIPI plugins	Yes configurable		Quick-tagging using keyboard tokens
Media Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes Fit to viewing area/height/width, 1:1, zoom to 1600%	Yes	Yes Yes, user-defined	Yes Database	Yes Catalog-sets, date, filetypes, events, author, people, by search, by keywords and all metadata	Yes	Yes name, date, size, user-defined	Yes name, date, rating, file size, and many more.	Yes individual, linear	Yes EXIF, IPTC, and custom keywords	Yes Rotate, Red eye removal, saturation, color balance, levels and more	Yes	Yes	Yes Find duplicates, hierarchical keywords, distributable catalog with free Media Pro reader, offline browsing of images		Yes
Picasa	Partial only in slideshow mode	Yes	Partial no view window, fit to viewing area, 1:1, zoom to 400%	No	Yes user defined	Yes database	directory-tree, albums, timeline	Yes	Partial name, date, size, user-defined	Yes name, date, rating, faces	Yes individual, linear	Partial Keywords	Partial basic	Yes	Yes	collages, Geotagging, Search for Faces, find duplicates	Yes rotation only	Yes
ResourceSpace	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes user defined	Yes database	thumbs, list, events, tags	Yes contact sheet	Yes date, relevance, colour	Yes	Yes	Yes Exif, IPTC, user defined	Yes rotate, gamma	No
Shotwell	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes fixed size	Yes	Thumbs, Events (dates), tags	Yes	Yes Title, Exposure Date	No	Yes individual, linear, hide	Yes Read IPTC, Exif, XMP	Yes Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Shadows, Temperature, and more	Yes	No	Non-destructive editor, Auto Enhance Images, Duplicate, Upload, Favorite	No	Yes
Simple Comic	Yes	Yes	Yes Magnifying loupe on cursor		Yes		Yes fullscreen thumbnails, thumbnails when hovering over progress bar, single page, double page	No	Only by ascending file name.	No		No	Yes rotate	Yes		capture page, remove page, set icon
STDU Viewer	Yes	No	Yes fit to width, fit to height, fit to size	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit, in/out	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes: Exif	Yes rotate, lossless JPEG rotate, annotate TIFF images	Yes			Yes rotate only	Yes
XnView	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes previous, next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	dir-tree, favourites, categories	Yes	Partial name, date, size, type, etc.; no user-defined order	Yes name, date, file size, image size, meta data, ...	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, JPEG comment	Yes many	Yes configurable	Yes Custom monitor profile supported	Supports Adobe Photoshop Filter 8BF plugins	Yes	No Supported in XnViewMP
xv	No	Yes		No	Yes fixed size	Yes in subdirectory (.xvpics)		Yes	Partial name	No	Partial individual, all	Partial view comments	Yes many	Yes
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	Yes	Yes 1:1, fit width and/or height, lock	Yes in Viewer, previous and next	Yes user-defined	Yes database	dir-tree, albums, CD compilations, media archive, search results, web albums	Yes contact sheet, templates, calendars, paper saver	Yes name, date, size, type, etc.; user-defined order	Yes name, date, file size, meta data	Yes individual, linear	Yes IPTC, Exif, XMP, JPEG comment	Yes very many	Yes configurable	Yes	sign images, 16 bits per channel, GPS support, merge pictures to HDR, WIC codecs support	Yes	Yes
Program	Fullscreen	slideshow	zoom (styles)	cache decoded images	thumbnails (sizes)	thumbnail caching	navigation views	print	sort (schemes)	search (criteria)	selection (styles)	metadata	adjust image (functions)	hotkeys	color management (ICC)	other / special	JPEG Lossless operations	Unicode support

Notes

• Prices will vary over time, and between suppliers, and are for approximate indication only
• iPhoto is part of iLife, which includes a DVD authoring package (iDVD), a video editor (iMovie), a music player (iTunes), a multimedia web publisher (iWeb), and an audio-sequencing program (GarageBand)
• ACDSee supports 61 various image formats and writes to 16. Reads 9 compression formats and writes to 2. Also ACDSee supports 33 Video Formats (Reads)
• FastPictureViewer's DirectX hardware acceleration support depends on the actual video card installed and the amount of available video memory. The commercial version also supports previewing some camera RAW formats for which a WIC-enabled codec exists. Such RAW codecs are currently available from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony and for Adobe DNG.
• Konvertor supports 2200 various file formats and writes to 225. Reads 9 compression formats and writes to 6.

• A large majority of Windows based image viewers do not have Unicode support. Some exceptions that do work with Unicode include ExifPro, FastPictureViewer, Imatch, Ashampoo Photo Commander and Konvertor.
• Many applications on Mac OS X use either the Core Image or QuickTime APIs for image support. This enables reading and writing to a variety of formats, including JPEG, JPEG2000, Apple Icon Image format, TIFF, PNG, PDF, BMP and more.

See also

• Comparison of raster graphics editors
• Digital image editing
• List of raster graphics editors
• List of graphics file formats