Geeqie – image viewer and photo collection manager

Geeqie is an image viewer and photo collection manager designed for users who need quick access to large collections of photographs and graphics. It offers much more than basic image viewing, with extensive facilities for examining metadata, comparing images, searching collections and organising files.

One of Geeqie’s particularly useful characteristics is its ability to refresh images automatically when the underlying files change. This makes it suitable for workflows involving external image editors, scripts or other applications that repeatedly modify the same pictures.

Geeqie operates directly on files and directories, without requiring images to be imported into a proprietary database. It supports RAW photographs and offers a wide range of features for photographers and anyone managing substantial image collections.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• RAW image support – provides fast previews for numerous camera RAW formats.
• Metadata management – view and edit EXIF, IPTC and XMP information.
• Image comparison – display up to four images simultaneously.
• Automatic refresh – reload images automatically when their files are modified.
• Duplicate detection – find identical or visually similar photographs using several comparison methods.
• Advanced searching – locate images by filename, dimensions, date, metadata, keywords and visual similarity.
• Colour management – use colour profiles, histograms and pixel information when examining images.
• Image collections – create and maintain collections without moving the underlying files.
• Tagging – assign keywords, comments and custom tags to pictures.
• File operations – copy, move, rename and delete images directly from the application.
• External editors – integrate with image editing applications and custom scripts.
• Customisable interface – configure panels, thumbnails, shortcuts and display behaviour.
• Batch renaming – rename multiple files using configurable rules.
• Slideshows – display images automatically in fullscreen or windowed modes.

Website: www.geeqie.org
Support:
Developer: The Geeqie community
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

Geeqie is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

Related Software

Read our verdict in the software roundup.

LinuxLinks helps you discover the best free and open source software for Linux. Explore our extensive collection of recommended applications, including alternatives to popular proprietary software. We also publish software reviews, Linux tutorials, hardware reviews, free programming books and articles covering the wider open source community. Browse our Linux resources to discover more. Know a useful free and open source Linux application we haven't covered? Suggest a program for inclusion. Has your software been featured on LinuxLinks? Display one of our Featured on LinuxLinks badges on your website or GitHub README.