Software · Photo & graphics

Glanvu

Fast, keyboard-driven, cross-platform universal image viewer and converter.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: Apache-2.0 — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source, Winget
Publisher: Juan García Longarón
Latest version: 0.12.0
Source code: github.com/glanvu/glanvu

Overview

Glanvu is an image viewer, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: hardware acceleration and Markdown support.

File formats mentioned: PNG and JPEG.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Fast, keyboard-driven image viewer and converter for Linux, macOS and Windows.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“GPU-accelerated.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Docs, Markdown & code” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Glanvu is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 9 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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