qView – minimalist image viewer with extensive format support

qView is a minimalist image viewer designed to display pictures without unnecessary interface elements. Instead of surrounding the image with toolbars and multiple panels, it provides a largely uncluttered window where the picture remains the centre of attention.

Despite its minimal appearance, qView offers extensive configuration options, broad image format support and convenient navigation controls. It uses Qt and can take advantage of additional image format plugins to handle files beyond the formats provided by Qt itself.

The application is suitable for users who prefer a simple viewer but still require file operations, image transformations, slideshow functionality and keyboard-driven navigation.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Minimal interface – displays images without extensive toolbars or panels.
• Broad format support – opens common formats alongside additional formats provided by image plugins.
• Animation support – displays animated image formats where supported by the installed decoders.
• Fast navigation – uses image caching and preloading to reduce delays between pictures.
• Image transformations – rotate, mirror and flip images.
• File operations – rename, delete and open images in other applications.
• Slideshow mode – automatically advances through pictures with configurable timing.
• Keyboard shortcuts – customise navigation and common viewing commands.
• Image scaling – zoom smoothly and inspect images at their original resolution.
• File history – quickly reopen recently viewed images.
• Remote images – open supported images using URLs.
• Fullscreen mode – display pictures without window decorations.
• High-DPI support – handles modern high-resolution displays.
• Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: github.com/jurplel/qView
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Developer: Benjamin O
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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